Albany Regional Prison
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| Location | Albany, Western Australia |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Mixed (male) |
| Capacity | 186, plus 32 work camp |
| Opened | 16 September 1966 |
| Closed | - |
| Managed by | Department of Corrective Services, Western Australia |
Albany Regional Prison is a maximum security prison located 8 km West of Albany, Western Australia, Australia. Albany Prison was commissioned in 1966 with a capacity of 72 minimum security cells. In 1979 it was upgraded to maximum security and in 1988 expanded to a capacity of 126. In 1993 it expanded again, to 186 standard-bed cells. [1]
Albany Prison is the only maximum-security prison outside Perth and manages maximum, medium and minimum-security prisoners and holds a significant number of long-term prisoners originally from other countries.
Since 1996 Albany prison has been responsible for administering the nearby the Pardelup and Walpole work camps.
The prisoners are able to study full-time in various subjects or work in one of the various work-shops that are part of the prison.[2]
A prison officer, Anthony Daniels, was stabbed four times during an escape attempt by two prisoners in 1994. Officer Daniels received a Prison Service Bravery Award in 2000. [3]
On the 29th of December 2010, minimum security inmate Shane Gibbs escaped by driving off in a utility vehicle. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Department of Corrective Services - Albany Regional Prison". 2007. http://www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/prisons/prison-locations/albany.aspx. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
- ^ "WA Prisons". 2002. Archived from the original on 2009-10-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5kmVjV6gw. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ "Ministerial Media Statements-Great Southern Prison Officers honoured for bravery". 2000. Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20080727072408/http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/CourtCoalitionGovernmentSearch.aspx?ItemId=110887&minister=Foss&admin=Court. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ "Prisoner on the loose in WA". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2010-12-30. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/prisoner-on-the-loose-in-wa-20101230-19aw3.html.
Coordinates: 35°02′38″S 117°49′4″E / 35.04389°S 117.81778°E
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