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Port Lincoln Prison
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Background
Port Lincoln Prison is an Australian prison on the Eyre Peninsula located in Duck Ponds, South Australia about 257 kilometres (160 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north-west of the regional city of Port Lincoln. It was opened in 1966. Sheep and cattle are raised at the prison providing work for low security prisoners involved in running an agricultural business. It has a capacity of 90 prisoners.
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Capacity
202
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1966
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Department for Correctional Services (SA)
Population held
male
Opened
1966
Region
South Australia
Security level
Mixed
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
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Compared to other facilities in Australia
231 peersData completeness
60%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- DCS-SA — Port Lincoln
- Australian state and territory corrections departments (consolidated) — State agencies — Corrective Services NSW, Corrections Victoria, QCS, DCS-SA, DOJ-WA, DOJ-TAS, NTCS, ACTCS
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.