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Prison Profiles - Fulham Correctional Centre

Fulham Correctional Centre accommodates predominantly mainstream prisoners and includes a drug and alcohol treatment unit and a protection unit.

Operator

The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd (previously Australasian Correctional Management)

Security level

Medium/minimum

Operational capacity

845 (30 June 2009)

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

Accommodation

Accommodation includes:

• four, 78-bed, two storey buildings divided into two blocks containing 39 cells
• medium-security lodges with 17 bedrooms, communal kitchen and dining room, lounge and laundry
• Nalu, a 68-bed rehabilitation unit for young adult offenders aged 18 to 25
• minimum-security self-contained units for 100 prisoners.

Each self-contained unit has four single bedrooms, a bathroom, laundry, lounge, kitchen and dining room. Prisoners prepare and cook their own meals and manage their own household budget.

History

Fulham Correctional Centre was opened on 20 March 1997, with the first prisoners transferred on 7 April 1997. It was Victoria's second private prison, and first privately operated men's prison. Nalu was opened in September 2003.