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Adelaide Remand Centre
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Central CBD remand facility for South Australia.
Background
Adelaide Gaol is a former Australian prison located in the Park Lands of Adelaide, in the state of South Australia. The gaol was the first permanent one in South Australia and operated from 1841 until 1988. The Gaol is one of the two oldest buildings still standing in South Australia, the other being Government House which was built at the same time. The prison is now a museum, tourist attraction and function centre.
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Capacity
274
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1986
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
mixed
Opened
1986
Region
SA
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
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Compared to other facilities in Australia
261 peersCapacity (beds)this: 274 · peers avg: 344 (20%)
Data completeness
60%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Geoscience Australia Correctional Facilities dataset
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Australian state and territory corrections departments (consolidated) — State agencies â Corrective Services NSW, Corrections Victoria, QCS, DCS-SA, DOJ-WA, DOJ-TAS, NTCS, ACTCS
- Geoscience Australia â National Correctional Facilities — Geoscience Australia
- Wikidata (Q4681766)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Adelaide Remand Centre. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/adelaide-remand-centre
Chicago
"Adelaide Remand Centre." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/adelaide-remand-centre.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-adelaide-remand-centre,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Adelaide Remand Centre},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/adelaide-remand-centre},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}