Broome Regional Prison

Broome Regional Prison
Location	Broome, Western Australia
Status	Operational
Security class	Mixed (Male/Female)
Capacity	98 plus 40 at work camp
Opened	1894
Closed	-
Managed by	Department of Corrective Services, Western Australia

Broome Regional Prison is an Australian prison in Broome, Western Australia. It is one of two prisons in Western Australia's Kimberley region.

Prisoners enjoy many liberties at the prison. Before western Australia introduced a ban on travel on the back of utility trucks, prison trucks would often be seen driving around town with a load of prisoners on the back setting out for community service tasks. It was also common to see the prisoners playing football on the town's ovals while the guards watched.^[1]

It will be closed in 2015, following the opening of the West Kimberley Regional Prison in Derby in November 2012.^[2]

References

Prisons in Western Australia

Operational facilities for adults	Acacia Albany Bandyup Boronia Broome Bunbury Casuarina Eastern Goldfields Greenough Hakea Karnet Nyandi Pardelup Roebourne Wandoo West Kimberley Wooroloo

Operational facilities for juveniles	Banksia Hill

Closed facilities	Fremantle Prison Perth Gaol Rangeview Round House

See also: List of Australian prisons

Coordinates: 17°57′29″S 122°14′28″E / 17.958°S 122.2412°E / -17.958; 122.2412

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