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Adelaide Women's Prison

Closed femaleMulti-levelfemaleHigh
Verified 22 May 2026
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Background

The Adelaide Pre-Release Centre is a minimum security Australian prison in the Adelaide suburb of Northfield. It is the main pre-release facility in South Australia for both male and female prisoners. It has a capacity of 104 prisoners.

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Capacity

104

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Department for Correctional Services (SA)

Population held

female

Opened

Region

South Australia

Security level

Multi-level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

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

1 Peter Brown Drive, Northfield, Adelaide 5083

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Compared to other facilities in Australia

231 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 104 · peers avg: 569 (82%)

Data completeness

60%

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