Australia · VIC · Truganina
Port Phillip Prison
Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.
For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Port Phillip Prison
Step-by-step guidance using the Australia system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Capacity
1,084
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1997
Closed 2025
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1997
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.
Notable inmates
- Paul Denyer1972 · criminal
Paul Charles Denyer (born 14 April 1972, known briefly as Paula whilst in prison) is an Australian serial killer currently serving three consecutive sentences of life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 30 years for the murders of three young women in Melbourne, in 1993.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- Dame Phyllis Frost CentreRavenhallMaximumMaximum security
- Melbourne Assessment PrisonWest MelbourneMaximumMaximum security
Compared to other facilities in Australia
261 peersData 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
- 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 (Q7230860)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Port Phillip Prison. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/port-phillip-prison
"Port Phillip Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/port-phillip-prison.
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title = {Port Phillip Prison},
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urldate = {2026-10-23}
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