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Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre

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Background

Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is a high security remand centre for males, primarily accommodating individuals who a judge or magistrate has ordered to be held in custody as they await, and during, trial. The centre is located on the Ipswich Motorway at Wacol in the south-western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It is the second largest correctional centre in Queensland housing approximately 1520 Prisoners. The centre's Maximum Security Unit was closed on 1 March 2013, Than reopened with the take over of Queensland Corrective Services with a current state of 9. The centre is relatively modern with televisions, showers and toilets in all cells and air conditioning in new stock cells and units, whilst old stock cells and units remain non air conditioned Managed by the Queensland Corrective Services the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre was the second of Queensland's privately operated non-government prisons (previously managed by GEO Group), sharing the notation with the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre (previously managed by Serco).

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Capacity

890

Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1992

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

1992

Region

QLD

Security level

Maximum

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

Visit sessions: Mainstream | Monday, Wednesday and Saturday | 9-10am and 1-2pm | Thursday | 1-2pm | Friday and Sunday | 9-10am | Protection | Tuesday and Thursday | 9-10am | Friday and Sunday | 1-2pm | Virtual Mainstream – ½ hour visit times | Monday, Wednesday and Saturday | 9, 9.30am, 1pm and 1.30pm | Thursday | 1pm and 1.30pm | Friday and Sunday | 9am and 9.30am | Virtual Protection – ½ hour visit times | Tues. Bookings: Monday-Friday 8.30am-12pm and 12:30pm-4pm. Book on (07) 3212 0472. Arrival: Visitors must be at the centre 1 hour before their visit.

Mailing

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Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

3068 Ipswich Road, Wacol, QLD, Wacol 4076

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Compared to other facilities in Australia

261 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 890 · peers avg: 339 (+163%)

Data completeness

68%

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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-arthur-gorrie-correctional-,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arthur-gorrie-correctional-centre},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}