Location | Deer Park, Victoria |
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Security class | Maximum Security |
Capacity | 604 [1] |
Opened | 15 August 1996 |
Managed by | Corrections Victoria |
Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, formerly the Deer Park Metropolitan Women's Correctional Centre (MWCC) is a maximum security women's prison located at Deer Park, Victoria, Australia. Built in 1996, it was the first privately-owned prison in Victoria, but was transferred to public ownership in 2000 and is now run by Corrections Victoria. It also houses medium security and all protection prisoners.