| 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 8 km 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 of the 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]
On the 29th of December 2010, minimum security inmate Shane Gibbs escaped by driving off in a utility vehicle. [4]