Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre

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Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre
Location Queensland
Status Operational
Security Level High and Maximum Security
Capacity 710[1]
Opened 1992
Closed -
Managed by GEO Group Australia

Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is a prison located on the Ipswich motorway at Wacol in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It is a maximum security prison that is used for remand prisoners, and also for the temporary detention of prisoners while their 'security level' is ascertained.

The prison is a relatively modern facility with TVs, showers and toilets in all rooms and shared dining facilities.

The Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is the second of Queenslands Privately Operated non-government Prisons sharing that notation with Borallon Correctional Centre operated for the Department by Management and Training Corporation located in Ivan Lane Borallon near Ipswich.

[edit] Notable prisoners

Benjamin Dempsey

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ www.aic.gov.au Correctional facilities in Queensland. Accessed 1 May, 2006
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