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HM Prison Sale
Closed 1997Low
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Background
HM Prison Sale was a prison in Sale, Victoria, Australia. The prison was first proclaimed on the 28 October 1864, and the stone for the prison was prepared near Port Albert. That proclamation was revoked on 28 October 1887. A new prison was proclaimed on the 2nd of September, 1881, construction was completed in 1882. The prison was opened when William Gardner was appointed Governor on the 1st of July 1887.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1882
Closed 1997
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Facility profile
Operator
Corrections VictoriaPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1882
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Mailing
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Practical info
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Known issues
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Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5635255)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). HM Prison Sale. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-sale
Chicago
"HM Prison Sale." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-sale.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-hm-prison-sale,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {HM Prison Sale},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-sale},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}