Dame Phyllis Frost Centre 

Forensicare provides forensic mental health services at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (DPFC) for women which includes an outpatient program and the Marrmak unit, a custodial mental health unit.  

Marrmak Unit 

Within Marrmak Unit, Forensicare provides 24-hour intensive psychiatric care and treatment for women requiring intensive mental health support. Forensicare staff provide group and individual programs that are holistic, integrated and address multiple areas of need. 

Outpatient Program 

The Outpatient Program provides specialist mental health services to women prisoners requiring assessment and ongoing care while they remain accommodated in the mainstream prison. The program aims to prevent an exacerbation of symptoms that would ultimately require admission or readmission to Marrmak Unit. Group based and individual interventions are provided within the program. 

Melbourne Assessment Prison 

Forensicare provides 24 hours a day, seven-days a week, specialist mental health service at the Melbourne Assessment Prison (MAP). A wide range of services are provided to meet the often complex needs of prisoners arriving at the prison, the primary reception prison for men in Victoria. 

Reception Assessment 

As part of a comprehensive reception program operating at the Melbourne Assessment Prison, Forensicare conducts a detailed mental health assessment of all prisoners received into custody at the prison. 

Acute Assessment Unit 

A 16-bed short stay assessment unit is provided for prisoners thought to be mentally ill and/or at risk. The multi-disciplinary staff in the unit provide psychiatric assessments and a range of short-term interventions and support. The assessments are used to determine future treatment needs. Prisoner participation in the services provided within the Acute Assessment Unit is voluntary. 

Outpatient Services 

Forensicare provides a wide range of multidisciplinary mental health outpatient services that provide ongoing review and monitoring for those requiring it. 

Metropolitan Remand Centre 

Forensicare provides a reception assessment service and forensic mental health outpatient services for men requiring ongoing review and monitoring for their mental health at the Metropolitan Remand Centre (MRC),. Care is provided by a multidisciplinary team. 

Port Phillip Prison 

The state government announced that Port Phillip Prison would close by December 2025. Currently, Forensicare provide:  

• a 30 bed Psychosocial Rehabilitation Unit 

• Forensic Mental Health Outpatient Services 

St Paul’s Recovery and Rehabilitation Unit 

The St Paul’s Unit is a 30-bed specialist unit that supports prisoners with mental health issues who require additional support in managing their mental health and daily living skills. It also assists prisoners through a range of therapeutic programs and interventions aimed at increasing functional independence, relapse prevention and reintegration into the community or general units. Programs are delivered in both group and individual formats depending on individual recovery goals. 

A multidisciplinary team provides clinical and Recovery support and intervention to the patients. 

Forensic Mental Health Outpatients Service 

The FMH Outpatient Services provides secondary consultations to patients with a mental illness or suspected mental illness within Port Phillip Prison. Consultations aid diagnosis, provide specialist advice regarding the patient’s treatment and care planning and prevent admissions to an FMH custodial mental health service. 

The FMH Outpatients Service also provides post discharge follow up for prisoners who have recently been discharged from a FMH custodial mental health service. 

Ravenhall Correctional Centre 

The Ravenhall Correctional Centre opened in late 2017. Located in Ravenhall in Melbourne’s West, the medium-security men’s prison provides world-class forensic mental health services in Victoria.  

Ballerrt Yeram-boo-ee Forensic Mental Health Service 

Ballerrt Yeram-boo-ee (pronounced Balit Yerimboy) Forensic Mental Health Services (FMH) provides 75 dedicated forensic mental health beds, along with forensic mental health outpatient services for approximately 100 other prisoners at the Ravenhall Correctional Centre (RCC). The service is a Recovery-oriented forensic mental health service providing mental health treatment and care for mentally ill offenders in Victoria’s prison system.