HM Prison Won Wron
  Location in Victoria | |
| Location | Won Wron, Victoria |
|---|---|
| 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]
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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