Brisbane Correctional Centre
Australian Prisons |
Sir David Longland Correctional Centre |
Location: |
Wacol, Queensland |
Status: |
Operational |
Classification: |
Maximum Security |
Capacity: |
558 |
Opened: |
1988 |
Closed: |
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Managed by: |
Queensland Corrective Services |
Brisbane Correctional Centre, formerly the Sir David Longland Correctional Centre, is a prison facility located at Wacol (near Brisbane), Queensland, Australia, which was renovated and re-opened in June 2008.[1]
The complex houses a water conservation system, a unit specifically designed for 17-year-old prisoners, and an ultra-modern maximum security wing for dangerous offenders.
Notable prisoners
- Brenden Abbott – the "Postcard Bandit".
- Geoffrey Robert Dobbs – labelled Australia's worst paedophile, pleaded guilty to 124 sex offences and one count of attempting to pervert the course of justice on counts against 63 girls under his care as a teacher and youth leader from 1972 to 2000.
- Jason Nixon – prison serial killer.
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Coordinates: 27°34′56.88″S 152°55′14.53″E / 27.5824667°S 152.9207028°E / -27.5824667; 152.9207028