Australia · Victoria · Lara, Victoria
Barwon Prison
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Victoria's principal maximum-security prison. Houses the Acacia high-security unit for the most-restricted inmates.
Capacity
540
Current population
500
Occupancy
93%
Year opened
1990
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Corrections Victoria
Population held
male
Opened
1990
Region
Victoria
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
Acacia unit uses prolonged in-cell restriction for inmates designated as high-risk.
Visiting
Visit application via Corrections Victoria portal. Photo ID required.
Mailing
Inmate Name & CRN, Barwon Prison, Bacchus Marsh Road, Lara VIC 3214, Australia.
Practical info
Family Liaison Officers available to support new visitors.
Known issues
Ongoing scrutiny of Acacia unit conditions for terror-convict inmates.
Notable inmates
Carl Williams (deceased 2010), Tony Mokbel (transferred 2024), Robert Farquharson.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 5/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · In-custody-death signal in sources
Compared to other facilities in Australia
231 peersHigher risk than 0% of peer facilities in Australia.
Data completeness
100%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Corrections Victoria
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.