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Acacia Prison
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Acacia Prison Prison in Western Australia | | Location | Wooroloo, Western Australia, 50km east of Perth | | | Status | Operational | | Security class | Medium (Male) | | Capacity | 1525 | | Opened | 5 May 2001 | | Managed by | Serco | Acacia Prison Acacia Prison[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_Prison#cite_note-1) is a medium security prison facility located in Wooroloo, Western Australia. The prison was opened in May 2001. Acacia was the first privately managed prison in Western Australia and was managed by Australian Integration Management Services Corporation (AIMS Corp) for its first five years of operation. Serco began managing the prison in 2006. The prison employs over 300 custodial officers and more than 200 non-custodial staff to run day-to-day operation. The prison provides open campus-style living. Prisoners use fingerprint recognition technology to move within the boundaries of the prison as well as gaining access to their bank accounts and purchasing goods. The prison has a self-care and pre-self care section where prisoners cook and clean for themselves. In 2008 the prison began adding additional bunks to cells, increasing capacity from 800 to 1000.
Background
Acacia Prison is a medium security prison facility located in Wooroloo, Western Australia. The prison was opened in May 2001. Acacia was the first privately managed prison in Western Australia and was managed by Australian Integration Management Services Corporation (AIMS Corp) for its first five years of operation. Serco began managing the prison in 2006. The prison employs over 300 custodial officers and more than 200 non-custodial staff to run day-to-day operation.
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Capacity
1,433
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
2001
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Serco Australia (privately contracted)
Population held
male
Opened
2001
Region
WA
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
ling to cope. Funding announced in the 2026-27 State Budget included capacity expansion programs at Acacia Prison (480 beds) and funding ‘to progress planning for a 512-bed expansion at Casuarina Prison, while planning is underway to expand remand capacity’. Overall, the announcement of funding for additional bed capacity is welcomed as a medium-term initiative to address population and infrastructure issues. But given the impacts we have already seen from the existing expansion of Casuarina, the proposal to plan for an additional 512 beds raises many questions around how the prison will cope. This will be an initiative that will require very careful monitoring, particularly as we have seen that right now services and infrastructure are struggling to cope. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We have four Independent Prison Visitors for Casuarina who are community volunteers appointed by the Minister for Corrective Services. They attended the prison on a regular basis observing operations and providing an opportunity for the men placed there to raise issues and complaints. The reports they provide after each visit informs the work of our office, and throughout the year they have continued to advocate strongly for improvements in conditions for the men held there. I vi acknowledge the importance of the work undertaken and thank them for their contribution to our ongoing monitoring of Casuarina. An example of effective, embedded cultural practice was observed during the 2024 inspection of [...]
Visiting
> We will endeavour to minimise disruption to visits and thank you for your patience and understanding. All new visitors to Acacia Prison, phone 61 8 9573 3300 Monday to Friday during the following hours: Visitors are required to produce identification upon arrival at the prison and may have their person or vehicle searched. The Superintendent is authorised to examine any article in the visitor’s possession, including items of clothing. Where items of clothing are required Visitors may be searched when they enter prison grounds. [Tough new penalties for trafficking contraband to apply from 27 June 2020](https://www.wa.go
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 1/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
- · Privately operated under contract
Compared to other facilities in Australia
261 peersReports
- au-wa1 Jan 2026
ling to cope. Funding announced in the 2026-27 State Budget included capacity expansion programs at Acacia Prison (480 beds) and funding ‘to progress planning for a 512-bed expansion at Casuarina Prison, while planning is underway to expand remand capacity’. Overall, the announcement of funding for additional bed capacity is welcomed as a medium-term initiative to address population and infrastructure issues. But given the impacts we have already seen from the existing expansion of Casuarina, the proposal to plan for an additional 512 beds raises many questions around how the prison will cope. This will be an initiative that will require very careful monitoring, particularly as we have seen that right now services and infrastructure are struggling to cope. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We have four Independent Prison Visitors for Casuarina who are community volunteers appointed by the Minister for Corrective Services. They attended the prison on a regular basis observing operations and providing an opportunity for the men placed there to raise issues and complaints. The reports they provide after each visit informs the work of our office, and throughout the year they have continued to advocate strongly for improvements in conditions for the men held there. I vi acknowledge the importance of the work undertaken and thank them for their contribution to our ongoing monitoring of Casuarina. An example of effective, embedded cultural practice was observed during the 2024 inspection of [...]
Data completeness
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Sources
- Geoscience Australia Correctional Facilities dataset
- Australian state and territory corrections departments (consolidated) — State agencies â Corrective Services NSW, Corrections Victoria, QCS, DCS-SA, DOJ-WA, DOJ-TAS, NTCS, ACTCS
- Geoscience Australia â National Correctional Facilities — Geoscience Australia
- Wikidata (Q4670839)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.