Australia · SA · Moorak
Mount Gambier Prison
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Background
Mount Gambier Prison is an Australian prison located in Moorak immediately south of Mount Gambier.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
453
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1995
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
G4SPopulation held
Mixed
Opened
1995
Region
SA
Security level
High-security
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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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- Wellington Correctional CentreWellingtonMaximumMinimum to maximum security
- Hobart Reception CentreHobart Reception CentreHobart Reception CentreHobartMinimum to maximum security
- Adelaide Womens PrisonNorthfieldMinimum to maximum security
- Capricornia Correctional CentreNorth RockhamptonMixedMinimum to maximum security
Compared to other facilities in Australia
261 peersData completeness
56%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
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Geoscience Australia â National Correctional Facilities — Geoscience Australia
- Wikidata (Q6920858)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Mount Gambier Prison. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mount-gambier-prison
"Mount Gambier Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mount-gambier-prison.
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title = {Mount Gambier Prison},
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urldate = {2026-10-24}
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