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Prison Profiles - Langi Kal Kal Prison

HM Prison Langi Kal Kal houses minimum security prisoners with low-to-medium protection requirements. It is a large working farm and is a minimum security pathway for protection prisoners from Ararat Prison.

Operator

Corrections Victoria

Security level

Minimum

Operational capacity

120 (30 June 2008)

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

Accommodation

Accommodation includes two accommodation units, Rippon and Lexton, divided into two sections

Most units provide shared accommodation, but there also are some single rooms.

History

Langi Kal Kal Prison is 140 kilometres west of Melbourne on the Western Highway at Trawalla. Originally a 70,000 acre farming property in 1838, a substantial farmhouse was built in approximately 1900. After World War Two the land was subdivided and the central area, including the farmhouse, was set aside for prison purposes. The first prisoners arrived in September 1950, and the prison was officially opened in February 1951. In 1965 the prison became a Youth Training Centre, but again became an adult prison in June 1993.