Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre

Background

Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is a high security remand centre for males, primarily accommodating individuals who a judge or magistrate has ordered to be held in custody as they await, and during, trial. The centre is located on the Ipswich Motorway at Wacol in the south-western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It is the second largest correctional centre in Queensland housing approximately 1520 Prisoners. The centre's Maximum Security Unit was closed on 1 March 2013, Than reopened with the take over of Queensland Corrective Services with a current state of 9. The centre is relatively modern with televisions, showers and toilets in all cells and air conditioning in new stock cells and units, whilst old stock cells and units remain non air conditioned Managed by the Queensland Corrective Services the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre was the second of Queensland's privately operated non-government prisons (previously managed by GEO Group), sharing the notation with the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre (previously managed by Serco).

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World Prisons. (2026). Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arthur-gorrie-correctional-centre

"Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arthur-gorrie-correctional-centre.

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  title = {Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arthur-gorrie-correctional-centre},
  urldate = {2026-07-21}
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