Capacity: 1300
Client: Victoria Ministry of Corrections
Accreditations:
On September 15, 2014, a consortium comprised of GEO’s wholly-owned subsidiary, The GEO Group Australia Pty. Ltd., John Holland Construction, and Honeywell signed a contract with the Department of Justice in the State of Victoria, Australia for the financing, development, and operation of a new 1,300-bed Prison in Ravenhall, a locality near Melbourne, Australia. Development of the new Ravenhall Correctional Centre began in 2015. GEO Australia began operating the Facility upon its completion in late 2017.
The Ravenhall Correctional Centre will provide unprecedented levels of in-custody and post-release programs aimed at reducing reoffending rates and helping participants reintegrate into society. GEO’s operation of the Ravenhall Correctional Centre will have a unified commitment to providing new approaches to reducing reoffending, including the establishment of the world’s first fully integrated ‘Good Lives Model’ delivered through the “GEO Continuum of Care.”