Her Majesty's Gaol and Labour Prison, Alice Springs

It was preceded by Stuart Town Gaol and replaced by the still operating Alice Springs Correctional Centre.

[1] The first Warden, also called Keeper, of the gaol was Philip Francis (Phil) Muldoon who was a long serving Northern Territory police officer; he was appointed by the then Administrator Aubrey Abbott.

[4] He worked there alongside his wife, Bertilla Muldoon, who was the de facto (unpaid) matron and also cared for the female prisoners.

[5] During the Muldoons' management, the gaol was neatly maintained with substantial vegetable, fruit and flower gardens.

[1] One famous former prisoner is Olive Pink who, after being denied an inspection, intestinally entered an Aboriginal Reserve (without permission) so that she would be arrested.

Telka Williams, who was an advocate for disability care in the Northern Territory, spoke out about the imprisonment of 'mental defectives' within the prison and said:[6][12] Before the psychiatric ward was built at the hospital - for their (mental defectives) own sake and the community's safety - the only place for them was gaol, where they were secure.