Status Operational Phone +61 8 9411 5579 | Opened June 1991 (1991-06) Capacity 680 | |
Location Casuarina, Western Australia, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Perth Security class Minimum to maximum (Male) Managed by Department of Corrective Services Address 288 Orton Rd, Casuarina WA 6167, Australia 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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