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	== Symonston Periodic Detention Centre ==		== Symonston Periodic Detention Centre ==
	Between 2007 and 2017, the site was converted from a ~~juvenille~~ detention centre to an adult period detention centre, that was primarily used for weekend detention. In 2015 it was used as a temporary solution to the overcrowding in the ACT's main adult prison, the [[Alexander Maconochie Centre]].		Between 2007 and 2017, the site was converted from a juvenile detention centre to an adult period detention centre, that was primarily used for weekend detention. In 2015 it was used as a temporary solution to the overcrowding in the ACT's main adult prison, the [[Alexander Maconochie Centre]].

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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{{Short description|Prison in the Australian Capital Territory}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
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| align=center colspan=2|<span style="font-size:100%;">'''Australian Prisons'''</span>
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| align=center colspan=2|Periodic Detention Centre (Symonston)
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| style=width:80px|Location:
|[[Symonston]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]
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|Status:
|Non-operational
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|Classification:
|Minimum Security
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|Capacity:
|22
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|- style=background:#ccccff
|Opened:
|1962
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|Closed:
|2017
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|- style=background:#ccccff
|Managed by:
|[[ACT Corrective Services]]
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'''Symonston Correctional Centre''' is a former [[List of Australian prisons|minimum security]] Australian prison located in [[Symonston]], [[Australian Capital Territory]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/fight-back-against-act-budget-cuts|title= Fight back against ACT budget cuts|publisher=Green Left|accessdate=2008-05-13|last=|first=|date= 3 October 1995}}</ref> Its recent capacity was 22 when in use.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/rattenbury/2015/temporary-changes-to-the-use-of-symonston-correctional-centre|title=Temporary changes to the use of Symonston Correctional Centre|last=ACT Government;; PositionTitle=Director; SectionName=Corporate Management; Corporate=Chief Minister|first=Treasury and Economic Development Directorate|date=2017-07-25|website=Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate|language=en|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> It was formerly the '''Quamby Children's Remand Centre''', and later the '''Symonston Periodic Detention Centre'''.

As of October 2022, The Symonston Correctional Centre remained designated as a correctional institution within ACT but was deemed unsuitable for continued operation in its intended capacity. According to the ACT Government, significant renovations would be necessary to upgrade its infrastructure to meet the requisite standards for security and safety for a permanent correctional facility. The Symonston Correctional Centre is occasionally used by the ACT Corrective Services and various other agencies for training activities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minister for Corrections |date=11 October 2022 |title=Question — Correctional Services ACT |url=https://questions.parliament.act.gov.au/questions/details/61622053c55d474499e027025503e70f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315200254/https://questions.parliament.act.gov.au/questions/details/61622053c55d474499e027025503e70f |archive-date=15 March 2024 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=ACT Legislative Assembly Hansard}}</ref>

==Quamby==
The '''Quamby Youth Detention Centre''' originally opened in 1962 and was used as a shelter for young people who had nowhere to reside, or for young people who were placed on short term remand. Those who received a committal term from the courts were housed at [[New South Wales]] training centres.

Quamby, a medium to low security facility, can accommodate up to 26 children and young people who have been refused [[bail]] or sentenced to a period of detention. The [[Children’s Court]] may pass a sentence of up to two years. However, a longer sentence may be handed down if the child or young person is sentenced through the Supreme Court.

The [[age of criminal responsibility]] in the ACT is 10 years. Quamby can house both male and females from the age of 10. As a person who committed their offence whilst under 18 may be sentenced as a young person up to the age of 18 and 6 months, it is possible for Quamby to house a detainee over the age of 18 for the duration of their Court Order.

Quamby operates within the legislative requirements of the Children and Young People Act 1999, and is operated by the Office of Children, Youth and Family Services in the ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services.

===New premises for youth detention===
In early 2006, the [[Government of the Australian Capital Territory]] announced plans for a $40 million youth detention centre at [[Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory|Mitchell, ACT]]. Thirty [[hectare]]s of pastoral land on Wells Station Road, just off the [[Federal Highway (Australia)|Federal Highway]], were earmarked for a new centre to replace the existing Quamby centre. The new juvenile detention centre opened in June 2008 as [[Bimberi Youth Justice Centre]], and is capable of housing up to 50 residents.

In 2007 Symonston was criticised by the Human Rights Commission for allowing little time out of cells and for excessive lockdowns.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lawson |first1=Kirsten |title=Government considers reopening Symonston remand centre for overflow of female prisoners |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6031587/government-considers-reopening-symonston-remand-centre-for-overflow-of-female-prisoners/#gsc.tab=0 |website=The Canberra Times |accessdate=9 July 2020 |language=en |date=26 June 2017}}</ref>

== Symonston Periodic Detention Centre ==
Between 2007 and 2017, the site was converted from a juvenille detention centre to an adult period detention centre, that was primarily used for weekend detention. In 2015 it was used as a temporary solution to the overcrowding in the ACT's main adult prison, the [[Alexander Maconochie Centre]].

== See also ==
* [[List of Australian prisons]]

==References==
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[[Category:Prisons in the Australian Capital Territory]]
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