Australia · QLD · Toowoomba
Darling Downs Correctional Centre
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Background
Darling Downs Correctional Centre was a low-security prison facility in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The prison had a capacity of 140 as well as 40 work camp prisoners. It provided employment to 40 full-time staff. The prison closed in 2012 as part of a cost cutting measure.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1994
Closed 2012
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Queensland Corrective ServicesPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1994
Region
QLD
Security level
Minimum
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
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Data completeness
46%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
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Geoscience Australia â National Correctional Facilities — Geoscience Australia
- Wikidata (Q5223918)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Darling Downs Correctional Centre. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/darling-downs-correctional-centre
"Darling Downs Correctional Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/darling-downs-correctional-centre.
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