Ravenhall Prison PPP

A new medium security men’s prison built at Ravenhall, in Melbourne’s west, accommodating 1,000 prisoners. The Ravenhall Prison Project is being delivered as a full service public private partnership (PPP), with the GEO Consortium being responsible for the design, construction, financing, maintenance and operation of the facility over 25 years.

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GEO Consortium was selected to deliver the project following a comprehensive tender process.  Major features of the project include:

• built capacity for 1,300 prisoners to meet possible future demand;

• a 75-bed mental health unit, together with forensic mental health services for approximately 100 other prisoners on an outpatient basis;

• incentive payments for reducing reoffending across the prisoner population;

• flexible prison design allowing future changes to cater for prisoners with different needs; and

• Construction commenced in February 2015 and was completed in late 2017.

Ryan led the commercial and financial aspects of the successful bid.