The first all-female prison in Victoria, it was built on the site of the Yarra Bend Asylum, [3] with remnants of the walls and gates being used in the layout of the prison. In 1982 a deliberately lit …

Nov 7, 1998 · Fairlea Women’s Prison opened to provide a system ‘such as will fit the prisoner to enter the world as a citizen’. The reform of Victoria’s prison service, starting with its female …

Fairlea: lesser of two evils. Most Fairlea inmates have backgrounds of poverty, sexual and physical abuse, and drug addiction. Victorian prisons provide inadequate or zero services in …

Fairlea Women’s Prison ceased operating in August 1996. During its forty years of operation nearly 18,000 female inmates served time at Fairlea Women’s Prison. If you are researching …

Oct 5, 2024 · HM Prison Fairlea was an Australian female prison located on Yarra Bend Road in the suburb of Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. The first allfemale prison in Victoria, it was built on …

In 1996, Fairlea Women's Prison closed permanently, and prisoners were relocated to a new prison at Deer Park. The Parks Victoria Office buildings and the basketball courts on this site …

HM Prison Fairlea was an Australian female prison located on Yarra Bend Road in the suburb of Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. The first all-female prison in Victoria, it was built on the site of the …

Victoria's first female-only prison, Fairlea opened in 1956 in Yarra Bend Park, long a site of social exclusion as the location of the Yarra Bend Asylum and Fairhaven, a venereal diseases …

Jul 3, 2008 · Book - Fairlea: the history of a women's prison in Australia 1956-1996 - eMelbourne - The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online, eMelbourne is a biographical, bibliographical and …

Dec 22, 2024 · Fairlea Women’s Prison Yarra Bend Fairfield, 1956 to 1996. Was the first all-female prison in Victoria, it was built on the site of the Yarra Bend Asylum, with remnants of …