Southern Remand Centre tenders sought
03 June 2019
Tenders are being sought for the first
stage of works for the $70 million
Southern Remand Centre as part of the
Hodgman Liberal Government’s plan to keep Tasmanians safe.
The Southern Remand Centre will be built on the
Risdon Prison site and
designed to separate remandees from the general
prison population,
improve facilities available for them, including access to legal
representation and family, while also increasing the capacity of the
prison and upgrading other important existing facilities.
The 140 bed facility is expected to create more than 130
jobs during the
construction with 50 ongoing jobs once complete.
The Southern Remand Centre is expected to be fully operational by the
end of 2021, and is just one of several significant prison
infrastructure projects announced by the Hodgman Liberal Government.
Other projects include a 270 bed $270 million new
Northern Prison, and
more than $9 million to upgrade facilities at the Risdon Prison complex.
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