Correctional Facilities

Brief description

The dataset contains spatial locations in point format as a representation of correctional facilities in Australia.

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Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded

Statement: The data were digitized and constructed in July 2012 from aerial photography, orthophotos and satellite imagery held within Geoscience Australia. Image resolution ranged from 0.15m to 2.5m. Source Information: The primary information source used to locate the correctional facilities was the State and Territory correctional or justice department websites. The Australian Institute of Criminology online correctional facility list was also utilized as authoritative validation source. - ACT - Corrective Services - http://www.cs.act.gov.au/custodial_operations - NSW - Corrective Services - http://www.correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au/offender-management/correctional-centres - NT - Department of Justice - http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/corrservices/custodial/index.shtml - Qld - Department of Community Safety - http://www.correctiveservices.qld.gov.au/About_Us/The_Department/Custodial_Corrections/index.shtml - SA - Department of Community safety - http://www.corrections.sa.gov.au/sa-prisons - Tas - Prison Services - http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/prisonservice/about_us - Vic - Department of Justice - http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/home/prisons/ - WA - Corrective Services - http://www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/prisons/prison-locations/default.aspx - Australian Institute of Criminology - http://aic.gov.au/criminal_justice_system/corrections/facilities.aspx A list of correctional facilities with names and detailed address information was obtained from each of the above websites. GA imagery and publicly available information was used to confirm or correct the locations obtained from the above sources.