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Townsville Correctional Centre

Townsville, Italy

Townsville Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility in Stuart, Queensland, Australia. The facility has been known in the past as Her Majesty's Penal Establishment Stewart's Creek, H.M. Prison Townsville, Stuart Prison and Stuart Gaol. It was the only correctional centre in Queensland to

hold mainstream males, females and protection prisoners all within the same secure perimeter. It remains the most diverse correctional facility within Queensland accommodating high secure male, high secure female, high secure male protection, low open male custody and low open female custody operations. A new female facility began construction in June 2006 in a complex adjacent to the male section with its own secure perimeter. Female inmates were finally moved over to the new centre in December 2008. Townsville Correctional Centre's complex also includes a Farm Area located about 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) south-east of the Prison, and near to the Woongarra Crematorium. Inaugural superintendent, Mr. James Ryan, was appointed on 6 April 1893, having been promoted from his former position as the superintendent of the "old" Townsville Gaol, which was located at the site of the current Townsville...

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