Broome Regional Prison, Western Australia’s oldest operational prison, is scheduled for its ninth inspection by the Office in May 2025. Originally commissioned in 1945, the prison includes three accommodation blocks and administrative buildings centred around the ‘Bull Pen,’ a secure shed built in 1895. Broome is a mixed-gender, minimum-security facility but also accommodates remand and …
This report details the findings of our eighth inspection of Broome Regional Prison. The inspection was conducted in May 2022.
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Our seventh inspection of Broome Regional Prison was conducted in July 2019.
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This report details the findings of our sixth inspection of Broome Regional Prison. The inspection took place in late March 2017.
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Report of a short follow-up inspection of Broome Regional Prison (click on title for link to related report).
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Report of an inspection of Broome Regional Prison (click on title for link to follow-up report).
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The September 2011 Inspection looked at the recent $11.2m refurbishment of Broome Regional Prison, the impact of a future new prison in Derby and revisited issues that caused the Office to conduct a short follow-up Inspection in May 2008.
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Report on an inspection of Broome Regional Prison
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Report of an unannounced Inspection of Broome Regional Prison
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