Melaleuca Women's Prison
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| Location | Canning Vale, Western Australia |
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| Coordinates | 32°06′19″S 115°55′16″E / 32.1054°S 115.921°E[1] |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum |
| Capacity | 254 |
| Opened | December 2016 |
| Managed by | Sodexo |
| Website | correctiveservices |
Melaleuca Women's Prison is a maximum security prison for women, in Canning Vale, Western Australia. It opened in December 2016, and has a capacity of 254 inmates.[1][2] Melaleuca is a standalone facility, built on what were previously Units 11 and 12 of Hakea Prison.[3][4]
The prison was operated by the private company Sodexo.[1][2][5] The state government paid Sodexo a bonus for reducing recidivism[2] – A$15,000 for each inmate who stays out of jail for two years. This incentive scheme was the first of its type in Australia.[6] In April 2020, the Department of Justice took over operations and continues to operate the prison, leaving Acacia Prison the only remaining private prison in Western Australia[7].
The prison is named after the Melaleuca plant,[8] and was formerly known as the Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility". Government of Western Australia, Department of Corrective Services. 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Courtney Bembridge (18 December 2016). "New Perth women's prison opens with private operator offered cash incentives". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Stephanie Dalzell (15 December 2014). "Women's remand facility to be built at Western Australia's male-only Hakea Prison". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Project Summary – The Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility" (PDF). Department of Corrective Services. 16 August 2016. p. 6. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Sodexo awarded Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility contract". Sodexo. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Eliza Borrello (28 November 2016). "Private company running WA prison to get $15k for every female prisoner who does not return". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Hastie, Hamish (23 December 2019). "Then there was one: WA left with just one private prison with Melaleuca to change hands". WAtoday. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Symbolic name for new women's prison". Government of Western Australia. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Melaleuca Women’s Prison, Department of Corrective Services web page