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The Adelaide Women’s Prison has two main sections - mainstream, which accommodates high, medium and low security and remand prisoners, and the Living Skills Unit for low security women. They are distinctly separated areas which in total accommodate 148 women.
Mainstream has cellblock accommodation while the LSU is for women closing on a release date who are given opportunities to develop skills through special programming. This may consist of education or work programs available outside the prison and special development programs that are run inside the prison.
These women live in transportable units each containing their own kitchen, toilets and bathroom. Women accommodated here are responsible for all their own domestic needs using stores supplied by the prison.
There are four of these units available for use by nursing mothers. These special units consist of a bedroom for the mother, a nursery for her baby and a living area which includes a kitchen/dining room.
Prisoners in the LSU also have an industries facility available for work. This includes a manufacturing line producing items for private industry.
It is from the Living Skills Unit that most women will be released.
The Mainstream unit also has one nursery cell available similar to that in the LSU.
Mainstream prisoners are eligible for vocational training programs held within the prison and education programs are also available.
