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Risdon Prison Complex
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Tasmania's main prison complex. Includes Maximum, Medium, and Minimum security units.
Capacity
280
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2006
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Tasmania Prison ServicePopulation held
mixed
Opened
2006
Region
TAS
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
- Martin Bryant1967 · spree killer
Martin John Bryant (born 7 May 1967) is an Australian mass murderer who shot and killed 35 people and injured 23 others in the Port Arthur massacre on 28 and 29 April 1996.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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Compared to other facilities in Australia
261 peersCapacity (beds)this: 280 · peers avg: 344 (19%)
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
- 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 (Q7335853)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Risdon Prison Complex. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/risdon-prison-complex
Chicago
"Risdon Prison Complex." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/risdon-prison-complex.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-risdon-prison-complex,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Risdon Prison Complex},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/risdon-prison-complex},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}