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Pages in category "Prisons in Western Australia" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Belconnen Remand Centre. A new prison was opened on 11 September 2008 at Hume, called the Alexander Maconochie Centre, named after Alexander Maconochie.The centre is designed as a multi role facility to replace the Belconnen Remand Centre and provide detention facilities so that prisoners who are currently held in New South Wales facilities may be held locally.
It is the first federal prison in Brazil, designed to receive prisoners deemed too dangerous to be kept in the states' prison systems. Campo Grande Federal Penitentiary ( Campo Grande , Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil) - It houses the most dangerous prisoners in the country, as Fernandinho Beira-Mar , the Colombian trafficker Juan Carlos Ramírez ...
Defunct prisons in Australia by state or territory (7 C) A. Prisons in the Australian Capital Territory (3 P) N. ... Prisons in Western Australia (1 C, 21 P)
List of people legally executed in Victoria; List of people legally executed in Western Australia; List of people legally executed on Norfolk Island; List of Australian crime podcasts; List of Australian politicians convicted of crimes; List of Australians imprisoned or executed abroad; List of prisons in Australia
The majority of prisons within Western Australia belong to the public sector, however two are operated by a private operator, Serco Australia. [ 19 ] In the 1990s, the state government ( Liberal/National Party coalition ) and WAPOU agreed to a prison reform plan that would prohibit WA from privatising its prison systems until 1997. [ 20 ]
The number of prisoners in 1897 was 379, and Inspector of Prisons James Roe viewed the prison as "inconveniently full"; [16]: 86 despite a large expansion of the prison system, the problem of overcrowding remained throughout the 20th century. So too did Western Australia's high incarceration rate relative to the rest of Australia.
Originally sentenced to death, later commuted to life in prison. Received a Royal Pardon. Holly Deane-Johns: Western Australia: Drug trafficking (heroin) August 2000: December 2012: Sentenced to 31 years. Transferred to Bandyup Women's Prison in Australia in late 2007. [40] Robert Halliwell: Sydney: Drug trafficking (heroin) August 2000