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HM Prison Won Wron

Coordinates: 38°29′8″S 146°40′19″E / 38.48556°S 146.67194°E / -38.48556; 146.67194
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HM Prison Won Wron
HM Prison Won Wron is located in Victoria
HM Prison Won Wron
Location in Victoria
LocationWon Wron, Victoria
Coordinates38°29′8″S 146°40′19″E / 38.48556°S 146.67194°E / -38.48556; 146.67194
StatusClosed
Security classMinimum security
Capacity127
Opened1964
Closed2004
Managed byCorrections Victoria

HM Prison Won Wron was a minimum security Australian prison located in Won Wron, Victoria.[1] It was closed in late 2004, and the subsequent proposal to set up an Indigenous rehabilitation facility on the site was opposed by the local community of Yarram.[2]

HM Prison Won Wron was noteworthy in that it held an annual fun-run on Easter Sunday with the tongue-in-cheek name of "Prisoners on the Run", which raised funds to help support disabled and disadvantaged children in the Gippsland area.[3]

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