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Latitude
-27.5496
Longitude
152.674
Start Date
1989
End Date
2999

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When it first opened in 1990, Borallon Correctional Centre was the first privately-operated correctional facility in Australia. It was classed as high-security with a capacity for 492 inmates. It was decommissioned in 2012 due to the opening of the new Southern Queensland Correctional Centre. It reopened in 2016 as the Borallon Training and Correctional Centre as Queensland first dedicated training prison, focused on educational and employment outcomes for prisoners.

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