HM Prison Fairlea 

Australian Prisons
HM Prison Fairlea
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Status: Closed
Classification: ?
Capacity: ?
Opened: 1956
Closed: 1996
Managed by: ?

HM Prison Fairlea was an Australian female prison located on Yarra Bend Drive in the suburb of Fairfield, Victoria, Australia.[1] It was built on the site of the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum,[2] with remnants of the walls and gates being used in the layout of the prison. The prison has since been demolished.

Main gate
Main gate

References

  1. ^ Nicholson, John (2006). Australia Locked Up. Allen & Unwin, 25. ISBN 1741146097. 
  2. ^ Greig, Deidre N. (2002). Neither Bad Nor Mad: The Competing Discourses of Psychiatry, Law and Politics. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 21. ISBN 1843100061. 
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