 People who have been charged with offences are tried either in the ACT Magistrates Court or, for more severe offences, the ACT Supreme Court.Prior to its closure in 2009, prisoners were held in remand at the Belconnen Remand Centre in the ACT but usually imprisoned in New South Wales.The Alexander Maconochie Centre was officially opened on 11 September 2008 by then Chief Minister Jon Stanhope.