HM Melbourne Assessment Prison

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Australian Prisons
HM Melbourne Assessment Prison
Location:	Melbourne, Victoria
Status:	Operational
Classification:	Maximum Security
Capacity:	280
Opened:	April 6 1989
Closed:
Managed by:	Corrections Victoria

HM Melbourne Assessment Prison is an Australian remand and reception prison located in Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria. The prison is also known by the nickname 'The Map'. Previously known as the Melbourne Remand Centre, the Melbourne Assessment Prison was originally built to accommodate Melbourne's remand prisoners and sits on the site of the former Western Hotel on the corner of Spencer Street and Latrobe Streets in Melbourne's central business district.

In 1997 the prison became the main reception prison for all male prisoners in Victoria. Initial planning for the prison commenced in 1974. Construction commenced in December 1983 and was completed in 1989 at a cost of AUD$80m. The prison was officially opened on April 6 1989, and received its first prisoners on May 29 1989.

Notable prisoners

Lester Ellis [link]
Peter James Knight [link]

Prisons in Victoria

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List of Australian prisons

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