Status Operational Phone +61 8 9411 5579 | Opened June 1991 (1991-06) Capacity 680 | |
Security class Minimum to maximum (Male) Managed by Department of Corrective Services Similar Fremantle Prison, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth Motorplex, Serpentine National Park, Maddingt |
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Casuarina Prison is the main maximum-security prison for Western Australia, located near Perth. The prison accommodates minimum-, medium- and maximum-security prisoners. It was opened in 1991 to replace Fremantle Prison, which was 130 years old. The prison was the scene of a riot on Christmas Day 1998. The prison featured in the documentary Australia's Hardest Prison: Lockdown Oz on the National Geographic channel in 2008, following the lives of prisoners and officers.
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In 2013 the prison was the setting for the film Son of a Gun.
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