Eastwood Park Prison originally opened as a male juvenile Detention Centre, and then became a Young Offenders Institution.

Referring to Eastwood as "an establishment in crisis", the inspection report noted that staff were having trouble creating decent conditions for its inmates, among whom 56 women had been identified as suicide risks in a single month.

The prison was "fundamentally unequipped to support the women in its care" and staff received no medical supervision to help them deal with the situation.

[6][7] Eastwood Park Prison offers vocational courses in cookery, diversity, salon services, manicure, preparation for work, drug and alcohol awareness and industrial cleaning.

[citation needed] The prison, like many others, has a big issue around the concealment of tradeable medicines such as pregabalin, quetiapine and gabapentin.

These medicines are highly desirable in prison and inmates will trade them for things such as vape re-fills or illicit drugs.