The Darwin Correctional Centre, an Australian
minimum to maximum security prison for males and females, is approximately by road from
Darwin,
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...
,
Australia. The centre is managed by Northern Territory Department of Correctional Services, of the
Government of the Northern Territory
The Government of the Northern Territory of Australia, also referred to as the Northern Territory Government, is the Australian territorial democratic administrative authority of the Northern Territory. The Government of Northern Territory wa ...
. The centre detains
sentenced and
charged felons
A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious. The term "felony" originated from English common law (from the French medieval word "félonie") to describe an offense that resul ...
under Northern Territory and/or
Commonwealth law.
Facilities
The centre is a multi-classification prison with a capacity of 1048 prisoners of all security ratings. The centre was completed in 2014 and is the main reception prison in the Northern Territory, servicing most of the northern and metropolitan regions.
Notable prisoners
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Bradley John Murdoch
Bradley John Murdoch (born 19 February 1958) is an Australian criminal serving life imprisonment for the July 2001 murder of English backpacker Peter Falconio in Australia. He will be 74 when eligible for parole in 2032. Murdoch is being held i ...
Convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment with 28 years before he may be considered for
parole
Parole (also known as provisional release or supervised release) is a form of early release of a prison inmate where the prisoner agrees to abide by certain behavioral conditions, including checking-in with their designated parole officers, or ...
for the abduction and murder of British backpacker
Peter Falconio
Peter Falconio was a British tourist who disappeared in a remote part of the Stuart Highway near Barrow Creek in the Northern Territory of Australia on the evening of 14 July 2001, while travelling with his girlfriend Joanne Lees.
In the afte ...
and attempted murder of Joanne Lees.
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Aaron Summers – Former Australian Cricketer, convicted on child sex crimes
See also
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Doug Owston Correctional Centre
The Doug Owston Correctional Centre, is an Australian minimum to maximum security prison for males and females. The centre is located in Holtze, Northern Territory, Australia, south–east of Darwin and has a capacity of 800 prisoners, repla ...
(Darwin Correctional Centre from November 2014)
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Berrimah Prison Berrimah may refer to:
* Berrimah, Northern Territory, suburb
* Electoral division of Berrimah
* Berrimah Power Station
Berrimah Power Station is a kerosene-fuelled power station in Berrimah, an industrial suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, ...
(closed November 2014)
References
External links
Northern Territory Correctional Services websiteNT Prisons and probation websiteDarwin Correctional Centre website
Prisons in the Northern Territory
Buildings and structures in Darwin, Northern Territory
2014 establishments in Australia
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