Albany Regional Prison
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| Albany Regional Prison | |
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| Location: | Albany, Western Australia |
| Status: | Operational |
| Security class: | Mixed (male) |
| Capacity: | 186, plus 32 work camp |
| Opened: | 16 September 1966 |
| Closed: | - |
| Managed by: | Department of Corrective Services, Western Australia |
Albany Regional Prison is a maximum security prison located 8km West of Albany, Western Australia, Australia. Albany Prison was commissioned in 1966 with a capacity of 72 minimum security cells. In 1979 it was upgraded to maximum security and in 1988 expanded to a capacity of 126. In 1993 it expanded again, to 186 standard-bed cells. [1]
Albany Prison is the only maximum-security prison outside Perth and manages maximum, medium and minimum-security prisoners and holds a significant number of long-term prisoners originally from other countries.
Since 1996 Albany prison has been responsible for administering the nearby the Pardelup and Walpole work camps.
The prisoners are able to study full-time in various subjects or work in one ofthe various work-shops that are part of the prison.[2]
A prison officer, Anthony Daniels, was stabbed four times during an escape attempt by two prisoners in 1994. Officer Daniels received a Prison Service Bravery Award in 2000. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Department of Corrective Services - Albany Regional Prison (2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
- ^ WA Prisons (2002). Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
- ^ Ministerial Media Statements-Great Southern Prison Officers honoured for bravery (2000). Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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