Dame Phyllis Frost Centre
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| Australian Prisons | |
| Dame Phyllis Frost Centre | |
| Location: | Deer Park, Victoria |
| Status: | Operational |
| Classification: | Maximum Security |
| Capacity: | 260 |
| Opened: | August 15, 1996 |
| Closed: | |
| Managed by: | Corrections Victoria |
Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (formerly the Deer Park Metropolitan Women's Correctional Centre) is a maximum security women's prison located at Deer Park, Victoria, Australia. [1] It was designed by Guymer Bailey Architects Pty. Ltd. The centre is named after welfare worker and philanthropist Dame Phyllis Frost who was well known for her commitment to unpopular causes, most notably helping women prisoners.
The prison facility was opened on 15 August 1996 and received its first prisoners that same month. It was the first privately designed, financed, built and operated prison in Victoria.[2]
On 3 October 2000, the government took control of the facility and appointed an administrator under section 8F of the Corrections Act, and section 27B of the prison contract to operate the prison. On 2 November 2000, the Minister for Corrections announced the transfer of ownership and management of MWCC to the public sector.[3]
[edit] Notable prisoners
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- Vicki Roach
[edit] References
- ^ Prisons in Victoria: Prison Profile.
- ^ Prisons in Victoria: Prison Profile.
- ^ Prisons in Victoria: Prison Profile.
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