Albany Regional Prison

Infobox_Prisons
prison_name=Albany Regional Prison


location=Albany, Western Australia
status=Operational
classification=Mixed (male)
capacity=186, plus 32 work camp
gender of population=Male
opened=16 September 1966
closed=-
managed_by= Department of Corrective Services, Western Australia

Albany Regional Prison is a maximum security prison located 8km West of Albany, Western Australia, Australia. Albany Prison was commissioned in 1966 with a capacity of 72 minimum security cells. In 1979 it was upgraded to maximum security and in 1988 expanded to a capacity of 126. In 1993 it expanded again, to 186 standard-bed cells. [cite web|url=http://www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/A/albanyregionalprison.aspx?uid=5186-2418-5022-6743|title=Department of Corrective Services - Albany Regional Prison|year=2007|accessdate=2007-05-26]

Albany Prison is the only maximum-security prison outside Perth and manages maximum, medium and minimum-security prisoners and holds a significant number of long-term prisoners originally from other countries.

Since 1996 Albany prison has been responsible for administering the nearby the Pardelup and Walpole work camps.

The prisoners are able to study full-time in various subjects or work in one of the various work-shops that are part of the prison. [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/justoz1/wa_prisons.htm|title=WA Prisons|year=2002|accessdate=2008-05-15]

A prison officer, Anthony Daniels, was stabbed four times during an escape attempt by two prisoners in 1994. Officer Daniels received a Prison Service Bravery Award in 2000. [cite web|url=http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/CourtCoalitionGovernmentSearch.aspx?ItemId=110887&minister=Foss&admin=Court|title=Ministerial Media Statements-Great Southern Prison Officers honoured for bravery|year=2000|accessdate=2008-05-15]

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