A replacement facility, the Beechworth Correctional Centre, was opened in January 2005.
It was designed by Victoria's Public Works Department and constructed using local granite that was quaried with prison labour.
[3] Beechworth initially housed male and female prisoners.
Female prisoners were assigned washing and needlework for government departments.
Kelly's mother, Ellen and two associates of the Kelly family also served sentences at the prison the late 1870s for the attempted murder of Constable Alexander Fitzpatrick.