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Capricornia Correctional Centre

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Background

The Capricornia Correctional Centre is a prison located in Etna Creek in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. It services mainly the Rockhampton and Central Queensland areas. It is a high and low security facility and can hold around 800 inmates. Construction of the centre began in August 1999, and it was officially opened on 12 September 2001. The centre replaced the Rockhampton Correctional Centre (also known as Etna Creek Prison), which had been built in 1969.

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Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

2001

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Queensland Corrective Services

Population held

mixed

Opened

2001

Region

Queensland

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

Etna Creek, Rockhampton 4702

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Data completeness

54%

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