Villawood Immigration Detention Centre
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How to send mail, money, and visit Villawood Immigration Detention Centre
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1976
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1976
Region
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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
No public contact details available.
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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Data completeness
30%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q7930980)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/villawood-immigration-detention-centre
"Villawood Immigration Detention Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 27, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/villawood-immigration-detention-centre.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Villawood Immigration Detention Centre},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/villawood-immigration-detention-centre},
urldate = {2026-10-27}
}