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Broome Regional Prison

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Background

Broome Regional Prison is an Australian prison in Broome, Western Australia. It is one of two prisons in Western Australia's Kimberley region. In 2012 it was announced that the prison would be closed in 2015 following the opening of the West Kimberley Regional Prison in Derby, but this plan was shelved in 2015.

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Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1894

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Department of Justice (Corrective Services WA)

Population held

male

Opened

1894

Region

Western Australia

Security level

Mixed

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

Hamersley Street, Broome 6725

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Data completeness

54%

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