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| Location | Darwin, Northern Territory |
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| Coordinates | 12°26′45″S 130°56′26″E / 12.445775°S 130.940616°E |
| Status | Closed (prison site now houses the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre)[1] |
| Security class | Maximum |
| Capacity | 750 |
| Opened | 1 September 1979 |
| Closed | 28 November 2014 |
| Managed by | Northern Territory Correctional Services |
Berrimah Prison, was an Australian maximum security prison formerly located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The centre was managed by Northern Territory Correctional Services, an agency of the Department of Justice of the Government of the Northern Territory. The centre detained sentenced and charged felons under Northern Territory and/or Commonwealth law.
Following significant overcrowding, decommission plans were put into place and the adult facility was closed on Friday 28 November 2014. The Don Dale Youth Detention Centre was moved to the Berrimah prison site following an incident at that prison.[1]
- ^ a b Braithwaite, Alyssa. "A history of the allegations of "inhumane" treatment at the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre". The Feed. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 27 July 2016.