Victoria's Port Phillip Prison to close, inmates transferred to new $1.1 billion Western Plains Correctional Centre in Lara by 2025.
Victoria's Port Phillip Prison will close and inmates will be transferred to the new $1.1 billion Western Plains Correctional Centre in Lara, north-east of Geelong, according to the state government. Port Phillip Prison, a maximum security facility, will close by the end of 2025, while Dhurringile Prison, a 59-year-old minimum security facility, will close within months. The 1208-bed Western Plains Correctional Centre, completed in 2022, has been sitting idle. The government will provide more details about the planned closures and the opening of the new facility later.
June 26, 2024
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