Custodial Operations

Darwin Correctional Centre

Darwin Correctional Centre is situated 16km from the Darwin CBD and is a multi-classification prison with a capacity for 450 prisoners. Completed in 1979 with an opening capacity of 110 beds, it has grown over the years to become the main reception prison in the Northern Territory .

Facilities exist for housing remand and sentenced adult males, remand and sentenced adult females. Darwin Correctional Centre holds illegal immigrants and is generally the processing point for those subject to deportation on behalf of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs.

A new low security facility known as the Living Skills Unit has recently been completed at Darwin Correctional Centre with a capacity for up to 130 low security prisoners

Alice Springs Correctional Centre

Alice Springs Correctional Centre is situated approximately twenty five kilometres south of Alice Springs, along the Stuart Highway. It has been operating since 1996 and is the Territory's principal maximum security facility. The centre accommodates male prisoners of all security ratings with the capacity for short-term accommodation of female prisoners.

Alice Springs Correctional Centre has a total capacity for 400 prisoners, with 316 beds within the secure perimeter fence and eighty four beds in the low security Cottages located outside the main fence. The Cottages operate with minimal officer supervision and prisoners accommodated there are responsible for their own cooking and cleaning.