Victorian government to close Port Phillip prison as states increasingly ditch private facilities

Closure means Fulham and Ravenhall prisons will be the state's only privately run jails

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Victoria's largest maximum security prison will be publicly run for the first time in nearly 30 years, with the government closing the privately operated Port Phillip prison and moving most of its inmates to a new facility near Geelong.

The corrections minister, Enver Erdogan, on Wednesday announced that the Port Phillip prison in Truganina, in Melbourne's west, will close at the end of 2025.

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