When it was first established in 1976, the Belconnen Remand Centre was intended to hold around 16 people.[2] The centre's construction had been considered and approved by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's Cabinet in 1973.[3]
Four men escaped the remand centre in July 1988 through a roof in the exercise yard.[4]
In December 1992, then ACT Attorney-General Terry Connolly flagged that the remand centre should be replaced, due to its outmoded architecture and the high operating costs identified at the time.[5]
The ACT Government made the decision to build a new prison, the Alexander Maconochie Centre, and to decommission the Belconnen Remand Centre, in 2003.[6]
A human rights audit of the operation of the Belconnen Remand Centre and other ACT correctional facilities was conducted in 2007, identifying issues to be avoided in the new Alexander Maconochie Centre, and matters to be improved in the meantime prior to the new prison's establishment.[7]
Referencesedit
^Laverty, Jo (21 May 2009). "The Belconnen Remand Centre". Australian Broadcasting Commission.
ACT Human Rights Commission (July 2007), Human Rights Audit on the Operation of ACT Correctional Facilities under Corrections Legislation(PDF), ACT Government, (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2014
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belconnen, remand, centre, australian, remand, custody, facility, located, belconnen, australian, capital, territory, australia, centre, opened, 1976, closed, 2009, times, held, small, number, illegal, immigrants, citation, needed, exterior, february, 2009loca. Belconnen Remand Centre or BRC was an Australian remand custody facility located in Belconnen Australian Capital Territory Australia The centre opened in 1976 and closed in 2009 At times it held a small number of illegal immigrants citation needed Belconnen Remand CentreExterior of Belconnen Remand Centre in February 2009Location in Australian Capital TerritoryLocationBelconnen Australian Capital TerritoryCoordinates35 14 19 S 149 03 45 E 35 2386 S 149 0626 E 35 2386 149 0626StatusClosedSecurity classMinimum to maximum Remand Male and femaleCapacity60 in 2009 1 Opened1976Closed2009Managed byCustodial Operations in the ACT Corrective Services When it was first established in 1976 the Belconnen Remand Centre was intended to hold around 16 people 2 The centre s construction had been considered and approved by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam s Cabinet in 1973 3 Four men escaped the remand centre in July 1988 through a roof in the exercise yard 4 In December 1992 then ACT Attorney General Terry Connolly flagged that the remand centre should be replaced due to its outmoded architecture and the high operating costs identified at the time 5 The ACT Government made the decision to build a new prison the Alexander Maconochie Centre and to decommission the Belconnen Remand Centre in 2003 6 A human rights audit of the operation of the Belconnen Remand Centre and other ACT correctional facilities was conducted in 2007 identifying issues to be avoided in the new Alexander Maconochie Centre and matters to be improved in the meantime prior to the new prison s establishment 7 References edit Laverty Jo 21 May 2009 The Belconnen Remand Centre Australian Broadcasting Commission ACT Human Rights Commission 2007 p 23 Ling Ted Prisons and remand centres National Archives of Australia archived from the original on 11 March 2014 Four escape remand centre The Canberra Times 19 July 1988 p 3 Lamberton Hugh 16 December 1992 Govt looks at replacing Belconnen remand centre The Canberra Times p 19 ACT Human Rights Commission 2007 p 24 ACT Human Rights Commission 2007 p iii Further reading editACT Human Rights Commission July 2007 Human Rights Audit on the Operation of ACT Correctional Facilities under Corrections Legislation PDF ACT Government archived PDF from the original on 14 February 2014 nbsp This article about an Australian prison is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Belconnen Remand Centre amp oldid 1193000599, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
