Marngoneet Correctional Centre is a 559-bed medium security Australian prison in
Lara, Victoria
Lara is a town in Victoria, 18 km north-east of the Geelong CBD, inland from the Princes Freeway to Melbourne. Its population at the 2016 census was 16,355.
History
The explorers Hume and Hovell arrived at Lara on December 16, 1824, b ...
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Australia, located adjacent to maximum security
HM Prison Barwon
HM Prison Barwon or informally Barwon Prison, an Australian high risk and maximum security prison for males, is located from the township of Lara, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The facility is operated by Corrections Victoria, part of t ...
. Marngoneet Correctional Centre officially opened on 3 March 2006.
The Marngoneet Correctional Centre is designed to reduce offenders chance of re-offending offering a number of rehabilitation programs including:
*Sex Offender Treatment Programs;
*Violent Offender Treatment Programs;
*Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs.
The Marngoneet Correctional Centre also offers vocational services that increase the chance of prisoners employment upon release including:
*TAFE accredited training;
*A Good Lives Reintegration Service that coordinates a range of programs, including those that relate to release preparation, personal development and recreation programs;
*Education service targeting employment preparation and general and adult basic education.
See also
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HM Prison Geelong
HM Prison Geelong was a maximum security Australia prison located on the corner of Myers Street and Swanston Street in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The prison was built in stages from 1849 to 1864. Its panopticon design is based on Pentonv ...
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Pirra Homestead
Pirra Homestead, in Windermere Road, Lara, Victoria, was built in the mid-1860s by George Fairbairn (senior), one of Australia's most prosperous pastoralists and a pioneer of Australia's frozen meat export trade, who established the property as a ...
References
Government buildings completed in 2006
Prisons in Geelong
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