Australia · Victoria · Lara, Victoria
Barwon Prison
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Victoria's principal maximum-security prison. Includes the Acacia high-security unit.
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Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Corrections Victoria
Population held
male
Opened
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Region
Victoria
Security level
Maximum
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
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Corrections Victoria — Barwon
- Australian state and territory corrections departments (consolidated) — State agencies — Corrective Services NSW, Corrections Victoria, QCS, DCS-SA, DOJ-WA, DOJ-TAS, NTCS, ACTCS
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.