Eighteen new Custodial Correctional Officers joined the ranks of Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) yesterday on completion of a training program in Townsville. Commissioner Peter Martin, APM congratulated the graduates of the Custodial Officer Entry Level Program (COEP) for their hard work and commitment to keeping Queensland...
Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) today released the outcomes of an independent review into the Townsville Correctional Complex. Commissioner Peter Martin APM today travelled to Townsville to speak personally to the officers at the Townsville Correctional Complex about the conclusions and recommendations of the report, which was...
Four custodial correctional officers were injured at Townsville Correctional Centre yesterday afternoon. The officers entered the cell of a prisoner in the Detention Unit when he became non-compliant and lashed out at officers. All four officers sustained injuries and have been assessed at the medical...
Queensland Corrective Services would like to remind journalists and news crews that under Section 132 of the Corrections Act, it is an offence record or photograph Queensland Corrective Services’ facilities without the permission of the Commissioner. Our officers patrol the perimeters of our centres and have...
#NotNowNotEverTogether: We have joined forces with Red Rose Foundation Australia, Townsville City Council and Queensland Police Service to construct red benches for display outside of the Council building and the Mundingburra Police Station to raise awareness of domestic and family violence. The benches were constructed by prisoners from Townsville Correctional...
Two Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) officers have been awarded with the Australian Corrections Medal (ACM) and one former QCS officer has been awarded an Order of Australia medal (OAM) as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours. Commissioner Peter Martin APM said the Australian Corrections Medal and...
Two corrective services officers were suspended from duty on 2 June 2020 as a result of an investigation relating to allegations of negligence and inappropriate use of departmental systems. As a top-tier public safety agency, Queensland Corrective Services is committed to the highest standards of conduct,...
The Queensland Corrective Services Academy hosted the largest ever group of trainees last week. The group of 156 trainee officers is a record for the Wacol-based academy, and is a part of a recruitment push in preparation for the transition of Queensland’s two privately operated prisons...
Rehabilitation programs specific to perpetrators of domestic and family violence are being trialled across Queensland correctional centres to help break the cycle of DFV-related violence Many prisoners in our care are perpetrators of domestic and family violence. Having behavioural change programs in place such as the...
Community Corrections officers are deeply committed to addressing the impact of domestic and family violence (DFV) in all that they do and have made a commitment to ‘be someone who does something’ about DFV Every day, front line case managers in Central Region Community Corrections work...
