HM Prison Bendigo

HM Prison Bendigo
Bendigo Prison shortly after its closure in 2006.
Location	Bendigo, Victoria, Victoria
Security class	Medium Security
Capacity	85
Opened	1863
Closed	2006
Managed by	Corrections Victoria

Bendigo Gaol, 1861

HM Prison Bendigo was a medium security prison facility located in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The prison provided accommodation for prisoners assessed as suitable for treatment in the area of substance abuse and addictive/compulsive behaviours. The prison was opened in 1863 after building began in the 1850s. A major refurbishment which included sewering each cell was undertaken in 1993-94. Accommodation was mostly in single cells, with a small number of shared cells.

The prison was officially closed on 5 January 2006 by Corrections Minister Tim Holding. .

On 17 April 2015 the prison was reopened as the 1000 seat theatre for the Bendigo community, ulumbarra.

Bendigo Prison’s Learning Centre siege

On August 20, 1987 John Dixon-Jenkins with a bomb around his neck took nine staff members hostage for over 46 hours in the prison library. One of the hostage Ms Kruytbosch has finally made her story public to the Bendigo weekly.

Executions

Name	Year of birth	Date of execution	Crime
Edward Hunter	1812	November 27, 1885	murder of James Power at Charlton.^[1]
William Harrison		March 18, 1889	murder of John Duggan near Bendigo.^[1]
Charles John Hall	1872	September 13, 1897	for the murder of his wife Minnie Hall.^[1]

Cited references

1 2 3 Australian executions 1870 - 1967

References

Prisons in Victoria

Operational facilities for adults	Barwon Beechworth Dame Phyllis Frost Dhurringile Fulham Hopkins Langi Kal Kal Loddon Melbourne Assessment Prison Ivanhoe Hostel Melbourne Custody Centre Mirallee Reception Centre Marngoneet Metropolitan Remand Centre Port Phillip Tarrengower

Operational facilities for juveniles	Acheron Hillside Illoura Children’s Home Malmsbury Youth Training Centre Turana Youth Training Centre

Closed facilities	Allambie Ashendene Ballarat HM Prison Beechworth Bendigo Castlemaine Fairlea Geelong J Ward Kilmore Melbourne Morwell River Pentridge Pirra Homestead Sale Winlaton Won Wron

See also: List of Australian prisons

Coordinates: 36°45′16″S 144°16′49″E / 36.75444°S 144.28028°E / -36.75444; 144.28028

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