Capacity 294 | Phone +61 8 8723 8000 Opened 1995 | |
Security class Principally medium and low security male sentenced prisoners; can also accommodate short-term high security males and females. Address Benara Rd, Moorak SA 5291, Australia Similar The Old Mount Gambier, Blue Lake Holiday Park, Mount Gambier and Distri, Centenary Tower, The Border Watch |
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Mount Gambier Prison is an Australian prison located in Moorak immediately south of Mount Gambier.
Contents
- Drug sniffer dog at the mount gambier prison
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- Accommodation
- Prison life
- Increase in capacity and security improvements
- Incidents
- Mount Gambier Prison in the community
- References
Mount Gambier Prison is the only privately managed prison in South Australia. It is currently managed and operated by G4S Custodial Services Pty Ltd (previously Group 4 Corrections Services).
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Accommodation
The prison accommodates medium and low security male sentenced and remand prisoners. Short-term high security male and female prisoners can also be accommodated when required.
Accommodation includes:
Prison life
Consistent with other prisons in South Australia, prisoners are placed on incentive based regimes that provide varying levels of privileges based on behaviour.
Prisoners are engaged in a range of work programs including grounds and building maintenance, cleaning, laundry and kitchen work. The prison also has a large timber furniture manufacturing workshop that produces bedroom and living room furniture for dispatch directly to retail outlets in South Australia.
Education and program activities focus on numeracy and literacy skills and cognitive skills programs are aimed at high risk offenders.
Increase in capacity and security improvements
In March 2009, an expansion of the prison was announced. With a project budget of $22.9m, it will be the first South Australian prison to employ the cheaper and faster modular construction method using shipping containers. The cell block is constructed as a single storey facility designed around two wings of 54 beds (total of 108 beds) with a central officers station to supervise both wings. Each wing has a central external exercise yard. A new kitchen will also be built and the prison perimeter will be extended.
Incidents
In March 2009, Chief executive of the Department of Correctional Services Peter Severin said that since the Mount Gambier Prison was opened in [1995], it has been a stable facility with "very few" incidents.
Mount Gambier Prison in the community
A strong partnership exists between Lifeline South East and the prison. This relationship began in mid 1995 with Lifeline's involvement in suicide awareness training for new prison staff.