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Her Majesty's Melbourne Assessment Prison (MAP) is a maximum-security prison that provides statewide assessment and orientation services for all male prisoners received into the prison system. Accommodation includes units with different roles or functions, such as protection or workforce, as well as the Acute Assessment Unit, a 15-bed psychiatric facility. The prison also provides catering services for all of the state's male prisoners. As of 2025, its operational capacity is 305.Originally named Her Majesty's Melbourne Remand Centre, MAP was established in 1989 as a maximum-security remand prison. Planning for the prison began in 1974, with construction commencing in December 1983. The prison was completed in 1989 at a cost of $80 million. It was officially opened on 6 April 1989 by the then Premier of Victoria and received its first prisoners on 29 May 1989.
In 1996, the prison was renamed Her Majesty's Melbourne Assessment Prison and replaced HM Metropolitan Reception Prison (VA 4107) as the state's central facility for prisoner assessment.
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[1989 TO 3000]
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