Australian Prisons
Nalu Challenge Community
Location:	Sale Sale, Victoria Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the seat of the Shire of Wellington as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale and the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. It has a population of around 13,336, and is expected to reach a population of 14,000 soon... , Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
Status:	Operational
Classification:	Minimum Security
Capacity:	60
Opened:	2004
Closed:
Managed by:	GEO Group Australia GEO Group Australia The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian company, responsible for the management of privatised prisons in Australia. Its head office is on Level 18 in the National Mutual Center in the Sydney CBD in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales....

Nalu at Fullham Correctional Centre is a minimum security correctional facility

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...

 located outside the main walls of Fulham Correctional Centre

Fulham Correctional Centre

Fulham Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison located in Hopkins Road, Sale, Victoria, Australia. The prison consists of mainstream medium security cell blocks, a drug and alcohol treatment unit and a protection unit....

 in Sale, Victoria

Sale, Victoria

Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the seat of the Shire of Wellington as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale and the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. It has a population of around 13,336, and is expected to reach a population of 14,000 soon...

. It is a state-funded facility that is run by GEO Group Australia

GEO Group Australia

The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian company, responsible for the management of privatised prisons in Australia. Its head office is on Level 18 in the National Mutual Center in the Sydney CBD in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales....

, which runs Fulham as well.

It is set up as a special unit for first time young offender

Young offender

A young offender is a young person who has been convicted or cautioned for a criminal offence. Criminal justice systems often deal with young offenders differently from adult offenders, but different countries apply the term 'young offender' to different age groups depending on the age of criminal...

s aged 18-25 who are at minimum security rating. The facility is made up of small cottage

Cottage

__toc__In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cozy dwelling, typically in a rural or semi-rural location. However there are cottage-style dwellings in cities, and in places such as Canada the term exists with no connotations of size at all...

s which house four prisoners each. They are given weekly allowances for grocery shopping and have to prepare their own meals. There are basketball court

Basketball court

In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor with tiles at either end. In professional or organized basketball, especially when played indoors, it is usually made out of a wood, often maple, and highly polished...

s, games facilities, and a gym

Gym

The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...

. A second pre-release program at Nalu caters for all eligible inmates (regardless of age) at Fulham who are nearing release

The prisoners take part in a 16-week Challenge program, where they learn to deal with their offences in an active way. The program includes camping

Camping

Camping is an outdoor recreational activity. The participants leave urban areas, their home region, or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or several nights outdoors, usually at a campsite. Camping may involve the use of a tent, caravan, motorhome, cabin, a primitive structure, or no...

, trust exercises and a cognitive skill

Cognition

In science, cognition refers to mental processes. These processes include attention, remembering, producing and understanding language, solving problems, and making decisions. Cognition is studied in various disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science...

s program.

External links

• Police chase prison escapee, The Age, May 5, 2005