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| Location | Ravenhall, Victoria |
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| Capacity | 954 [1] |
| Opened | April 2006 |
| Managed by | Corrections Victoria |
The Metropolitan Remand Centre (abbreviated and commonly referred to as MRC) is an Australian prison located at Ravenhall, Victoria, approximately 20 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD on the Western Freeway (Deer Park Bypass). The prison is a maximum security remand facility which opened in April 2006 and is operated by the Victorian Department of Justice and Regulation.[2]
The majority of MRC's inmates are held awaiting the outcome of their court case, some inmates have been sentenced and are waiting for appeals to be heard and a small number are sentenced prisoners transferred to free up beds at HM Melbourne Assessment Prison.
- ^ "Metropolitan Remand Centre".
- ^ "Prison Profiles - Metropolitan Remand Centre". Department of Justice. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.