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Hakea Prison is a maximum security prison for males, located in Canning Vale, Western Australia. The facility is managed by the Department of Justice on behalf of the Government of Western Australia. The prison officially opened in June 1982 as Canning Vale Prison, managing 248 prisoners.
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.
Bandyup Women's Prison is located in the northeastern rural Perth suburb of West Swan, Western Australia. [1] Prior to its construction, the female prisoners were at Fremantle Prison, which was overcrowded and offered women limited opportunities. Bandyup Women's Prison holds sentenced and remand prisoners of all security classifications.
Best known prisons (mostly from 19th century or older, mainly still in function except the Katajanokka Prison and Kakola): former Helsinki County Prison or Katajanokka Prison, so called "Nokka" or "Skatta" (1749–2002)
More than 130 women who were formerly inmates at prisons for women in California have filed suit, saying guards sexually abused them. 'Every woman's worst nightmare': Lawsuit alleges widespread ...
List of foreign nationals detained in North Korea; List of heads of state and government who were later imprisoned; List of longest prison sentences; List of longest prison sentences served; List of people sentenced to more than one life imprisonment; List of prisoners released by Israel in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange
A transgender inmate at the Kansas women's prison in Topeka has so far failed to convince a federal judge she is being discriminated against. Michelle Renee Lamb in November sued Gov. Laura Kelly ...
Dozens of female inmates were on the run in Haiti after escaping Thursday from the country’s only prison for women, after police were prevented from getting to the facility because a gang ...