🔒 Casuarina Prison

Australia · Oceania · 32.24°S, 115.88°E

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Casuarina Prison is the main maximum-security prison for Western Australia, located in the Perth, Western Australia suburb of Casuarina. The prison accommodates minimum, medium and maximum-security prisoners. It was opened in 1991 to replace Fremantle Prison, which was 130 years old. The prison was the scene of a riot on Christmas Day 1998. The prison featured in the documentary Australia's Hardest Prison: Lockdown Oz on the National Geographic channel in 2008, following the lives of prisoners and officers.

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CountryAustralia
Continent / regionOceania
Coordinates (approx.)32.24°S, 115.88°E · view on map

Casuarina Prison is located in Australia, in Oceania.

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