Australian State and Territory Correctional Services
Australian Capital Territory
Enquiries:
Manager – Ministerial Support Unit
Postal address:
ACT Corrective Services
GPO Box 158
CANBERRA ACT 2601
- Tel: (02) 6205 2388
- Email: ACTCSCommissionersOffice@act.gov.au
ACT Corrective Services is responsible for providing services to adult offenders in custody and in the community.
New South Wales
Corrective Services NSW
Locked Bag 5000
Parramatta NSW 2124
If your matter is urgent, please contact the main Corrective Services switchboard on (02) 8346 1333.
General enquiries and complaints can be emailed to: GeneralEnquiries_CSNSW@correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au
Website: Corrective Services NSW
Corrective Services NSW runs the state’s correctional centres, supervises offenders in the community, and delivers programs to reduce reoffending, support reintegration and build safer communities.
The provisions of the Privacy and Personal Information Act 1998 and the; Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 restrict what information can be disclosed. In limited circumstances personal information about an inmate, such as location, may be disclosed. If you want the location of an inmate your identity must be confirmed.
The Sentence Administration Branch can be contacted from 8.30am to 4.30pm - Monday to Friday on Telephone: 02 8346 1000.
Northern Territory
NT Department of Corrections
GPO Box 1722
Darwin NT 0801
- Phone: 08 8935 7777
- Website: Contacts | Department of Corrections
Deputy Commissioner – Operations
The Northern Territory Correctional Services (NTCS), manages adult corrections, youth justice, and rehabilitation, operating under the NT Department of Corrections with its own Commissioner and ministerial oversight, handling everything from community corrections to detention centres.
Queensland
Queensland Corrective Services
GPO Box 1054
BRISBANE QLD 4001
Office of the Commissioner
- Tel: (07) 3565 7818
- Email: Commissioner@corrections.qld.gov.au
- Website: Queensland Corrective Services
Locating, contacting or visiting a prisoner
To locate a prisoner, utilise the Search for Prisoners function
- Email: prisonerlocations@corrections.qld.gov.au
- Website: Information about contacting a prisoner
- Website: Information about visiting a prisoner
Other prisoner related queries:
Email: statewideOperationsCommunications@corrections.qld.gov.au
South Australia
Director - Governance and Executive Support
Department for Correctional Services
400 King William St
ADELAIDE SA 5000
- Tel: (08) 8226 9083
- Email: DCSReleaseofInformation@sa.gov.au (requesting information)
- Website: Department for Correctional Services
Tasmania
Tasmania Prison Service
Department of Justice
PO Box 24
LINDISFARNE TAS 7015
Email: TPS.PolicyUnit@justice.tas.gov.au
For general enquiries please contact the TPS switchboard ph. (03) 6165 7400 (Option 3) or email: VRC@justice.tas.gov.au
Website: Prison Service
Prison facilities are located at Risdon Vale, Hobart, and Launceston. These facilities provide care and custody, at various levels of security, for prisoners and people remanded in custody. In Hobart and Launceston, the reception prisons also hold people in police custody. The TPS provides secure transport between prison facilities, and courts.
Note: Tasmania Prison Service collects country of birth information, not nationality or citizenship details.
Victoria
Sentence Calculation and Warrant Administration (SCWA)
Victoria Correctional Services
GPO Box 123
MELBOURNE VIC 3001
Phone: 03 8684 6552
Email: scwa@justice.vic.gov.au
Website: Sentence Calculation and Warrant Administration
The Sentence Calculation and Warrant Administration (SCWA) unit in Corrections Victoria is responsible for maintaining prisoner records to ensure that prisoners are held in custody correctly, and to ensure that prisoners attend court as required.
Corrections Victoria
GPO Box 123
MELBOURNE VIC 3001
Phone: 1300 191 835
Email: Corrections@justice.vic.gov.au
Website: Corrections Victoria
Corrections Victoria operates Victoria’s adult prison and post-sentence systems.
Western Australia
Corrective Services
GPO Box F317
PERTH WA 6841
Email: informationrelease@justice.wa.gov.au
Website: Corrective Services
Phone: 08 9264 1711 (Monday to Friday between 8.30am to 4.30pm)
Please visit the below website for visiting prison or detention centre
Website: Visiting prisons or detention centre
Certain prisoner information can be accessed as outlined below. Access to specific prisoner records is only available through the Freedom of Information process.
It is important to get prisoner consent before you proceed - If you want to know more about a prisoner, email: foi@justice.wa.gov.au