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Tarrengower Prison
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Background
HM Prison Tarrengower is a women's prison located in Maldon, Victoria, Australia. It focuses on release preparation for the women, and provides them with programs and employment opportunities, also allowing them to build confidence and skill sets when it comes to gaining and maintaining employment both whilst in custody and also upon their release. It offers legal training to empower women to be involved in community organisations following their release. It also has facilities for pregnant women and for babies to stay with their mothers.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
72
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1988
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Corrections VictoriaPopulation held
female
Opened
1988
Region
VIC
Security level
Minimum
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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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
- 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 (Q5635270)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Tarrengower Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/tarrengower-prison
"Tarrengower Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/tarrengower-prison.
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title = {Tarrengower Prison},
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