Townsville Correctional Centre is an Australian prison

Prison

A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...

 facility located in Townsville, Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

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The Facility is widely known by many in the Townsville region as "Stuart Prison". Currently, it is the only correctional centre in Queensland to hold mainstream males, females and protection prisoner within the same secure perimeter. At this time a new female facility is being constructed on the precinct, outside the secure perimeter.'