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Dame Phyllis Frost Centre

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Victoria's principal women's prison. Successor to the former Fairlea Women's Prison.

Background

The Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, formerly the Deer Park Metropolitan Women's Correctional Centre (MWCC) is a maximum security women's prison located at Deer Park, Victoria, Australia. Built in 1996, it was the first privately-owned prison in Victoria. It was transferred to public ownership in 2000 and is run by Corrections Victoria. It also houses medium security and all protection prisoners.

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Capacity

260

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1996

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Corrections Victoria

Population held

female

Opened

1996

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

Riding Boundary Road, Ravenhall 3030

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Compared to other facilities in Australia

231 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 260 · peers avg: 558 (53%)

Data completeness

68%

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