Wooroloo Prison Farm is an Australian minimum-security prison located in

Wooroloo Wooroloo is a town on the outer fringe of the Perth metropolitan region, located off Great Eastern Highway in the eastern part of the Shire of Mundaring. At the , Wooroloo had a population of 254. History The name comes from a Noongar word th ...

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. It was established in 1972 under an arrangement that it would offer some of its amenities to the community of Wooroloo. It was previously the site of a

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History

The Wooroloo Sanatorium was officially opened on 1 May 1915, designed by two Western Australian Principal Architects,

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and

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The complex operated as a

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sanatorium until 1959. From 1960 to 1970, the former sanatorium operated as a

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and district hospital. Since 1970, the former sick staff ward has remained in use as the Wooroloo hospital. Since 1970, the site has operated as a minimum-security prison for short-term offenders. Approved prisoners are able to work under supervision in the local community and are involved in reforestation and environmental programs, training at local businesses and general community projects. The prison's large industries complex produces goods for the prison system and for external contracts including prison food, offsetting some of the costs of prisoner management. Prisoners are taught workshop skills and can take part in traineeships to help them find a job when they are released from prison.

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Corrective Services - Wooroloo Prison FarmWooroloo Prison Farm
1972 establishments in Australia Prisons in Western Australia Wooroloo, Western Australia {{Australia-prison-stub