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Prison Profiles - Barwon Prison
HM Barwon Prison provides accommodation and services for mainstream, maximum security prisoners. The prison includes the high security Acacia Unit, the protection units Banksia and Hoya, and mainstream units, Cassia, Diosma and Eucalypt.
Operator
Corrections Victoria
Security level
Maximum
Operational capacity
367 (30 June 2009)
Operational capacity is the total number of places available in which to house prisoners.
Accommodation
Accommodation includes:
- 20-bed facility for high security prisoners
- 60-bed facility for maximum security protection prisoners.
History
Barwon was the first new prison in Victoria to be designed specifically for 'unit management'. Construction of the prison commenced in 1986. It was completed in October 1989 and the first prisoners were received in January 1990. Barwon Prison is the only maximum security prison located outside the metropolitan area. It is situated 6 km from the township of Lara and 70 kilometres south-west of Melbourne.
Contacts
Barwon Prison
1140 Bacchus Marsh Road
Locked Bag 7
Lara VIC 3212
Tel: 03 5220 8222
Fax: 03 5282 3406
Email: corrections@justice.vic.gov.au

