HM Prison Won Wron

HM Prison Won Wron
Location	Won Wron, Victoria
Status	Closed
Capacity	127
Opened	1964
Closed	2004
Managed by	Corrections Victoria

HM Prison Won Wron was a minimum security Australian prison located in Won Wron, Victoria.^[1] It was closed in late 2004, and the subsequent proposal to set up an Indigenous rehabilitation facility on the site was opposed by the local community of Yarram.^[2]

HM Prison Won Wron was noteworthy in that it held a fun-run with the tongue-in-cheek name of "Prisoners on the Run" annually on Easter Sunday, with the goal of raising funds to help support disabled and disadvantaged children in the Gippsland area.^[3]

References

↑ Vicmap Topgraphic Map 1:30000 T8221-3-2-S
↑ Yarram seeks more funds to go with Indigenous rehab centre, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 17 August 2005.
↑ Hall, Peter: Parliamentary Debates - Hansard, Parliament of Victoria, 7 May 2003.

Prisons in Victoria

Operational facilities for adults	Barwon Beechworth Dame Phyllis Frost Dhurringile Fulham Hopkins Langi Kal Kal Loddon Melbourne Assessment Prison Ivanhoe Hostel Melbourne Custody Centre Mirallee Reception Centre Marngoneet Metropolitan Remand Centre Port Phillip Tarrengower

Operational facilities for juveniles	Acheron Hillside Illoura Children’s Home Malmsbury Youth Training Centre Turana Youth Training Centre

Closed facilities	Allambie Ashendene Ballarat HM Prison Beechworth Bendigo Castlemaine Fairlea Geelong J Ward Kilmore Melbourne Morwell River Pentridge Pirra Homestead Sale Winlaton Won Wron

See also: List of Australian prisons

Coordinates: 38°29′8″S 146°40′19″E / 38.48556°S 146.67194°E / -38.48556; 146.67194

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