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Lotus Glen Correctional Centre
Minimum to maximum securityMixedmaleHigh
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Background
Lotus Glen Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located 14 km south of Mareeba and 20 km north of Atherton in the locality of Arriga in Far North Queensland. Lotus Glen provides a correctional service for high, medium, low and open classification inmates, including a Prison Farm with a capacity for 115 "open security" inmates.
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Capacity
825
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1989
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Queensland Corrective ServicesPopulation held
male
Opened
1989
Region
QLD
Security level
Mixed
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
Visit sessions: Mainstream | Saturday | 9am-10am | Sunday | 9am-10am (child free session) | Saturday & Sunday | 12.30pm-1.30pm (Farm) | Secure | Saturday | 1pm-2pm | Sunday | 1pm-2pm. Bookings: Tuesday-Thursday 9-11am and 1-3pm. Book on (07) 4093 3911. Arrival: Visits to the centre arrive at least 1 hour before Visits to the farm arrive at least 15 minutes before
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.
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Compared to other facilities in Australia
261 peersCapacity (beds)this: 825 · peers avg: 339 (+143%)
Data completeness
68%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
- Queensland Government â Prison Locations (visiting hours & booking info) — Queensland Corrective Services
- Geoscience Australia â National Correctional Facilities — Geoscience Australia
- Wikidata (Q6685164)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Lotus Glen Correctional Centre. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lotus-glen-correctional-centre
Chicago
"Lotus Glen Correctional Centre." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lotus-glen-correctional-centre.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-lotus-glen-correctional-cen,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Lotus Glen Correctional Centre},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lotus-glen-correctional-centre},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}