Alexander Maconochie Centre
Aerial view of the Alexander Maconochie Centre
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| Location | Hume, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Coordinates | 35°22′15″S 149°10′18″E / 35.370943°S 149.171805°ECoordinates: 35°22′15″S 149°10′18″E / 35.370943°S 149.171805°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Minimum to maximum / Remand / Male and female |
| Capacity | 300 |
| Population | 235 (as of December 2011) |
| Opened | 11 September 2008 |
| Managed by | ACT Corrective Services |
The Alexander Maconochie Centre, an Australian minimum to maximum security prison and remand centre for male and female inmates, is located in Hume, Australian Capital Territory. The facility is operated by ACT Corrective Services, an agency of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate of the Government of Australian Capital Territory. The facility accepts felons charged under Territory and/or Commonwealth legislation pending legal proceedings; and also detains convicted felons who are sentenced to full-time imprisonment.
The centre is named in honour of penal reformer Alexander Maconochie, who worked in Van Diemen’s Land(Tasmania) and Norfolk Island from 1836 to 1844, and is the Territory's first prison.
Prior to 2008, correctional services for felons convicted in the Territory under ACT or Commonwealth legislation were managed by Corrective Services NSW on behalf of the Territory and/or Commonwealth governments. In 2004, in spite of localised opposition, a decision was made to locate the new prison, a first for the ACT, in Hume. The Centre was officially opened on 11 September 2008 by the Chief Minister of the ACT, Jon Stanhope. and constructed at a cost of A$130 million. The first prisoners were accepted on 30 March 2009.
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