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Prison Profiles - Dhurringile Prison

HM Dhurringile Prison is a pre-release prison where prisoners undertake both on-site employment and meaningful community reparation via community assistance programs.

Operator

Corrections Victoria

Security level

Minimum

Operational capacity

214 (30 June 2011)

Operational capacity is the total number of places available in which to house prisoners.

Accommodation

Accommodation includes:
 

• 10 six-person units
• 18 self-contained units
• three six-person self-catering units
• one 52-bed Relocatable Cellular Unit.

History

Dhurringile Prison was originally the 68-room homestead for a large farm and was completed in 1877. During the war it was used as an internment camp for 'alien civilians' and later for prisoners of war. After the war the Presbyterian Church used it as a training camp for English and Scottish orphans, until the Victorian Government purchased it in 1965 to use as a minimum security prison. Over the years the grounds have been reduced to just over 100 hectares (one square mile). The prison is 160km north of Melbourne.