Darwin Correctional Centre

Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox prison Darwin Correctional Centre is a minimum-to-maximum security prison approximately Template:Convert by road from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is managed by Northern Territory Correctional Services, which falls under the territory’s Department of Attorney-General and Justice. The prison detains felons who have been charged and sentenced under Northern Territory and/or Commonwealth law.

Facilities

The centre is a multi-classification prison with a capacity of 1048 prisoners of all security ratings. The centre was completed in 2014 and is the main reception prison in the Northern Territory, servicing most of the northern and metropolitan regions.

Notable prisoners

• Bradley John MurdochTemplate:Citation neededTemplate:Spaced ndashConvicted and sentenced to life imprisonment of 28 years before he could be considered for parole for the abduction and murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio and attempted murder of Joanne Lees. Murdoch died in hospital on 15 July 2025, aged 67.<ref name="murdoch-death">Template:Cite news</ref>
• Aaron Summers – Former Australian Cricketer, convicted on child sex crimes

See also

• Doug Owston Correctional Centre (Darwin Correctional Centre from November 2014)
• Berrimah Prison (closed November 2014)

External links

• Northern Territory Correctional Services website
• NT Prisons and probation website
• Darwin Correctional Centre website

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