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Albany Regional Prison
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Prison in Western Australia Not to be confused with [HM Prison Albany in England. | | | Location | Albany, Western Australia | | Status | Operational | | Security class | Mixed (male) | | Capacity | 310, plus work camp | | Opened | 16 September 1966 | | Managed by | Department of Justice, Western Australia | Albany Regional Prison Albany Regional Prison is a maximum security prison located 8 km West of Albany, Western 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[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Regional_Prison#cite_note-1) and by 2013 to 310. 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.
Background
Albany Regional Prison is a maximum security prison located 8 km West of Albany, Western 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 and by 2013 to 310. 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.
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Capacity
510
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1966
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Department of Justice (Corrective Services WA)
Population held
male
Opened
1966
Region
WA
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
development of a new program aligned with the existing Djarraly drug and alcohol program in Bunbury Regional Prison. Replacing a well-respected effective program with ‘planning for the development of a new program’ is another example of the dire consequence of the problems facing prisons in Western Australia. 2025), but throughout 2025 and continuing into 2026 we have observed similar conditions across most Western Australian prisons. The prison system now regularly operates at over 100% of its general-purpose bed capacity. Record prison populations, significant infrastructure limitations, regular staffing shortfalls, services stretched beyond capacity, and the flow-on impacts these are having on daily life in prison and restrictions to welfare and rehabilitation supports cannot be ignored. By the time this inspection report is tabled in the Western Australian Parliament and published on our website, another report will have already been tabled and published relating to a Show Cause Notice I issued in March 2026 raising concerns about conditions in Casuarina Prison, Melaleuca Prison and Hakea Prison. These concerns reflect a system that is struggling 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 [...]
Visiting
Social visit and E-Visit booking Visit bookings are only processed Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. E-Visitors not attending the prison in person (due to living in a remote community, interstate or overseas) will be required to have the [Visitor Decl 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
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
Compared to other facilities in Australia
261 peersReports
- au-wa1 Jan 2026
development of a new program aligned with the existing Djarraly drug and alcohol program in Bunbury Regional Prison. Replacing a well-respected effective program with ‘planning for the development of a new program’ is another example of the dire consequence of the problems facing prisons in Western Australia. 2025), but throughout 2025 and continuing into 2026 we have observed similar conditions across most Western Australian prisons. The prison system now regularly operates at over 100% of its general-purpose bed capacity. Record prison populations, significant infrastructure limitations, regular staffing shortfalls, services stretched beyond capacity, and the flow-on impacts these are having on daily life in prison and restrictions to welfare and rehabilitation supports cannot be ignored. By the time this inspection report is tabled in the Western Australian Parliament and published on our website, another report will have already been tabled and published relating to a Show Cause Notice I issued in March 2026 raising concerns about conditions in Casuarina Prison, Melaleuca Prison and Hakea Prison. These concerns reflect a system that is struggling 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 [...]
Data completeness
86%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
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
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Geoscience Australia â National Correctional Facilities — Geoscience Australia
- Wikidata (Q4709374)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.