Port Phillip Prison

Port Phillip Prison
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LocationTruganina, Victoria
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum (Male)
Capacity1117,[1] as at 30 June 2019
OpenedSeptember 1997 (1997-September)
Managed byG4S Australia Pty Ltd

37°49′42″S 144°45′8″E / 37.82833°S 144.75222°E / -37.82833; 144.75222 Port Phillip Prison is a maximum security prison located at Truganina, Victoria, Australia. It is Victoria's largest maximum security prison, able to accommodate up to 1117 prisoners.[2] The prison is privately operated on behalf of the Government of Victoria by G4S Australia Pty Ltd.[3] The prison is expected to close in December 2025, with prisoners to be relocated to the Western Plains Correctional Centre in Lara.[4]

  1. ^ "Port Phillip Prison".
  2. ^ "Port Phillip Prison". G4S. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Port Phillip Prison". Department of Justice, Victoria. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  4. ^ Rooney, Kieran; Carmody, Broede (26 June 2024). "Port Phillip Prison to close as new Lara centre opens". The Age. Retrieved 30 June 2024.