Albany Regional Prison
Albany Regional Prison is a maximum security prison located 8 km West of Albany, Western Australia. Albany Prison was commissioned in 1966 with a capacity of 72 minimum security cells. In 1979 it was upgraded to maximum security and in 1988 expanded to a capacity of 126. In 1993 it expanded again, to 186 standard-bed cells[1] and by 2013 to 310.
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| Location | Albany, Western Australia |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Mixed (male) |
| Capacity | 310, plus work camp |
| Opened | 16 September 1966 |
| Managed by | Department of Justice, Western Australia |
Albany Prison is the only maximum-security prison outside Perth and manages maximum, medium and minimum-security prisoners and holds a significant number of long-term prisoners originally from other countries.
Since 1996 Albany prison has been responsible for administering the nearby the Pardelup and Walpole work camps.
The prisoners are able to study full-time in various subjects or work in one of the various workshops that are part of the prison.[2]
A prison officer, Anthony Daniels, was stabbed four times during an escape attempt by two prisoners in 1994. Officer Daniels received a Prison Service Bravery Award in 2000.[3]
On 29 December 2010, minimum security inmate Shane Gibbs escaped by driving off in a utility vehicle.[4]
Less than ten prisoners were involved in a riot in September 2018 that caused damage to cells, lights, windows and a security grille. The riot was quelled in less than two hours and was caused by the rejection of an application of two prisoners to relocate to a prison in Perth.[5]
References
- "Department of Corrective Services - Albany Regional Prison". 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
- "WA Prisons". 2002. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
- "Ministerial Media Statements-Great Southern Prison Officers honoured for bravery". 2000. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
- "Prisoner on the loose in WA". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 December 2010.
- Tim Edmunds (24 September 2018). "Albany prison riot adds to overcrowding woes". Albany Advertiser. The West Australian. Retrieved 28 November 2019.