Coronavirus (COVID-19) information
All personal visits to adult prisons are currently suspended.
Personal visits will resume on advice from health authorities, and we will keep prisoners and visitors updated.
Prisoners have increased access to phone and video calls, emails and letters. See the Contacting a prisoner page for information.
If you are a legal practitioner or professional service provider, please refer to the Professional phone and video calls page.
Please see Our response to coronavirus (COVID-19) page for information on other measures that Corrections Victoria is taking to protect the health and wellbeing of prisoners and staff.
The latest on coronarvirus (COVID-19) is available on the Department of Health and Human Services website (External link).
The below information is specific to Judy Lazarus Transition Centre.
Getting there
The Judy Lazarus Transition Centre is located in the Melbourne Central Business District at the corner of Jeffcott and Adderley streets, West Melbourne.
The centre is 260m north of the Southern Cross Station, and is serviced by trams travelling along Spencer and La Trobe Streets.
Arranging a visit
Visits to the Judy Lazarus Transition Centre are by arrangement only. It is recommended that you call and discuss visit arrangements with staff.
Facility profile
Security level
Minimum
Operational capacity
25 (30 June 2019)
Accommodation
Five five-person self-contained, self-catering units.
History
The Judy Lazarus Transition Centre took its first prisoners on 30 April 2007, having been officially opened on 20 April. The Centre provides a supervised pathway back into society for selected prisoners nearing the end of their sentence. It is named after Judy Lazarus, a prominent advocate of prisoner resettlement and former CEO of the Victorian Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders.
Read the Judy Lazarus Transition Centre brochure.