How many prisons and detention centers are there in Australia?

The directory lists 135 facilities in Australia, spread across 9 states and territories and 76 localities. The regions with the most facilities are New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria. By type: Prisons and penitentiaries (104), Juvenile detention centers (16), Immigration detention (5), Local and county jails (5), Women's prisons (4), Forensic psychiatric facilities (1). These are the facilities mapped as such in OpenStreetMap, so the figure may not include every real facility.

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