Find information about the adult corrections system in Victoria, Australia, including community corrections, remand, prison and parole and release. Victoria's corrections system is overseen by Corrections Victoria - a business unit of the Department of Justice & Regulation - and Justice Health, along with independent bodies the Justice Assurance and Review Office, Adult Parole Board, and Post Sentence Authority.
On Tuesday 24 April 2018, the Corrections Minister Gayle Tierney announced the Victorian Government will provide $689.5 million in the 2018 – 19 State Budget for the Lara Prison Precinct project to meet future demands on the state’s prison system.
You can register for updates by emailing prisonexpansion@justice.vic.gov.au and we will keep you up to date on the project.
As part of Corrections Victoria’s data release strategy, various tables of data on prisoners and offenders are now available for public use, with many of these not having been released previously online.
The data includes information on demographics, offences and regions, with all tables showing data between 2006-07 and 2016-17.
A new statutory authority charged with overseeing many of Victoria’s most serious criminals has officially started work. The Post-Sentence Authority came into effect on 28 February 2018, as the Victorian Government continues to implement all 35 recommendations from the Harper Review into the management of serious sex offenders.
The Victorian Budget 2018-19 invests $689.5 million to build a new 700 bed maximum security men’s prison at the Lara Prison Precinct, near Geelong.
The next exciting phase of Corrections Victoria's Community Correctional Services expansion has commenced, with the launch of a new careers site (http://www.correctionsjobs.vic.gov.au/) and the advertising of all new positions.
Find a prison or corrections officeView the location and contact details for each of the prisons and corrections offices across Victoria
As part of Corrections Victoria’s data release strategy, various tables of data on prisoners and offenders are now available for public use, with many of these not having been released previously online. The data includes information on demographics, offences and regions, with all tables showing data between 2006-07 and 2016-17.
The Victorian Budget 2018-19 invests $689.5 million to build a new 700 bed maximum security men’s prison at the Lara Prison Precinct, near Geelong.
Register your interest in finding out about the options being examined to manage the ongoing growth of the prison population in Victoria
The Minister for Corrections Gayle Tierney officially opened Victoria’s 15th prison - the Ravenhall Correctional Centre - on Thursday, 12 October 2017.
