Lotus Glen Correctional Centre
Lotus Glen Correctional Centre expansion and refurbishment
The Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, located 25 kilometres south of Mareeba, accommodates high and low security prisoners and provides a remand and reception function north of Innisfail.
The centre has a total capacity of 498 (398 within the secure unit and 100 at the centre's farm).
The centre services the Cape York Region including Cairns, isolated communities and Torres Strait Islands. Its prisoner population is generally comprised of between 60 to 70 per cent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The centre provides prisoners with meaningful work opportunities in industry and farm work areas which provides skills that can be used by the prisoners on release in the local region.
Link to the Lotus Glen Correctional Centre Visitor Fact Sheet (PDF)
Last updated: 29 July 2009
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