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Melbourne Assessment Prison
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Background
The Melbourne Assessment Prison (MAP) is an Australian remand and reception prison located in Spencer Street, West Melbourne, Victoria. The facility is operated by Corrections Victoria.
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Capacity
305
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
Corrections VictoriaPopulation held
male
Opened
1989
Region
VIC
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
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Insufficient data
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Compared to other facilities in Australia
261 peersCapacity (beds)this: 305 · peers avg: 344 (11%)
Data completeness
60%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
- Geoscience Australia â National Correctional Facilities — Geoscience Australia
- Wikidata (Q2018436)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Melbourne Assessment Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/melbourne-assessment-prison
Chicago
"Melbourne Assessment Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/melbourne-assessment-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-melbourne-assessment-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Melbourne Assessment Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/melbourne-assessment-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}