Correctional Facilities  


Authors / CoAuthors

Orr, K.

Abstract

The dataset contains spatial locations in point format as a representation of correctional facilities in Australia.

Product Type

dataset

eCat Id

74768

Contact for the resource

  Custodian

EGD  

  Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

  Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

  Point of contact

 
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Digital Object Identifier

http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/25/543B5190670E6

Keywords

  • Database
( Theme )
  • GIS
( Theme )
  • risk analysis
( Theme )
  • risk assessment
( Theme )
  • infrastructure
( Theme )
  • National dataset
  • AU
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
  • Build Environment and Design
  • Published_External

Publication Date

2012-01-01T00:00:00

Creation Date

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem    

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence    

Access - license

Use - license

Status

Purpose

Maintenance Information

asNeeded

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

The data were digitized and constructed in July 2012 from aerial photography, orthophotos and satellite imagery held within Geoscience Australia. Image resolution ranged from 0.15m to 2.5m. Source Information: The primary information source used to locate the correctional facilities was the State and Territory correctional or justice department websites. The Australian Institute of Criminology online correctional facility list was also utilized as authoritative validation source. - ACT - Corrective Services - http://www.cs.act.gov.au/custodial_operations - NSW - Corrective Services - http://www.correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au/offender-management/correctional-centres - NT - Department of Justice - http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/corrservices/custodial/index.shtml - Qld - Department of Community Safety - http://www.correctiveservices.qld.gov.au/About_Us/The_Department/Custodial_Corrections/index.shtml - SA - Department of Community safety - http://www.corrections.sa.gov.au/sa-prisons - Tas - Prison Services - http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/prisonservice/about_us - Vic - Department of Justice - http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/home/prisons/ - WA - Corrective Services - http://www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/prisons/prison-locations/default.aspx - Australian Institute of Criminology - http://aic.gov.au/criminal_justice_system/corrections/facilities.aspx A list of correctional facilities with names and detailed address information was obtained from each of the above websites. GA imagery and publicly available information was used to confirm or correct the locations obtained from the above sources.

Parent Information

Extents

[-42.879326, -12.444785, 114.69919, 153.211781]

Reference System

GDA94 (EPSG:4283)

Spatial Resolution

Service Information

Associations

Downloads and Links

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Spreadsheet (xlsx)  

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Source Information

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