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HM Prison Won Wron closed in late 2004 and the subsequent proposal to set up an Indigenous rehabilitation facility on the site was opposed by the local community of [[Yarram, Victoria|Yarram]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/08/17/1439400.htm Yarram seeks more funds to go with Indigenous rehab centre], [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]], 17 August 2005.</ref> |
HM Prison Won Wron closed in late 2004 and the subsequent proposal to set up an Indigenous rehabilitation facility on the site was opposed by the local community of [[Yarram, Victoria|Yarram]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/08/17/1439400.htm Yarram seeks more funds to go with Indigenous rehab centre], [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]], 17 August 2005.</ref> |
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The site reopened in 2008 as the Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place, a culturally appropriate learning place that houses and supports up to 18 Koori men who are undertaking Community Correction Orders. It won the community corrections category of the 2010 International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) awards. |
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Revision as of 05:12, 6 August 2021
  Location in Victoria | |
| Location | Won Wron, Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 38°29′8″S 146°40′19″E / 38.48556°S 146.67194°E |
| Status | Closed |
| Security class | Minimum security |
| Capacity | 127 |
| Opened | 1964 |
| Closed | 2004 |
| Managed by | Corrections Victoria |
HM Prison Won Wron was a minimum security prison located at Won Wron near Yarram in Victoria.[1]
In 1963, a group of prisoners and prison officers from HM Prison Morwell River began construction of the HM Prison Won Wron.
The facility was associated with a Forests Commission Victoria (FCV) nursery to raise pine seedlings for the Strzelecki Ranges reforestation scheme.
Eucalypt seedlings were produced at a similar FCV nursery at Olsens Bridge near Boolara which was associated with HM Prison Morwell River. The Olsens Bridge nursery operated until 1991 when operations transferred to Won Wron.
The Prison was noteworthy in that it held an annual fun-run on Easter Sunday with the tongue-in-cheek name of "Prisoners on the Run", which raised funds to help support disabled and disadvantaged children in the Gippsland area.[2]
HM Prison Won Wron closed in late 2004 and the subsequent proposal to set up an Indigenous rehabilitation facility on the site was opposed by the local community of Yarram.[3]
The site reopened in 2008 as the Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place, a culturally appropriate learning place that houses and supports up to 18 Koori men who are undertaking Community Correction Orders. It won the community corrections category of the 2010 International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) awards.
References
- ^ Vicmap Topgraphic Map 1:30000 T8221-3-2-S
- ^ Hall, Peter: Parliamentary Debates - Hansard, Parliament of Victoria, 7 May 2003.
- ^ Yarram seeks more funds to go with Indigenous rehab centre, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 17 August 2005.
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