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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
117
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1894
Closed 2015
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1894
Region
WA
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
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
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- South Coast Correctional CentreNowra HillMixedMinimum to maximum security
- Capricornia Correctional CentreNorth RockhamptonMixedMinimum to maximum security
- Greenough Regional PrisonNarnguluMixedMinimum to maximum security
- Mid North Coast Correctional CentreAldavillaMixedMinimum to maximum security
- Southern Queensland Correctional CentreSpring CreekMixedMinimum to maximum security
- Lotus Glen Correctional CentreArrigaMixedMinimum to maximum security
Compared to other facilities in Australia
261 peersData completeness
60%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Geoscience Australia Correctional Facilities dataset
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Australian state and territory corrections departments (consolidated) — State agencies â Corrective Services NSW, Corrections Victoria, QCS, DCS-SA, DOJ-WA, DOJ-TAS, NTCS, ACTCS
- Geoscience Australia â National Correctional Facilities — Geoscience Australia
- Wikidata (Q4975276)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Broome Regional Prison. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/broome-regional-prison
"Broome Regional Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 27, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/broome-regional-prison.
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