New Custodial Correctional Officers graduate in Brisbane Graduates will strengthen frontline staffing across correctional centres in SEQ Queensland Corrective Services has welcomed the latest cohort of Custodial Correctional Officers to the frontline, with 136 new recruits graduating the Custodial Officer Entry Program in Brisbane on
Queensland Corrective Services has welcomed five new Passive Alert Drug Detection (PADD) dogs — Nova, Danny, Havoc, Panko and Doug and their handlers, who graduated at a special ceremony at Queensland Parliament House this month (Thursday 17 September). Five QCS Dog Handlers and their dogs were
25 new Custodial Correctional Officers graduate in Mareeba. Graduates will strengthen frontline staffing at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre The Queensland Government’s delivery of new corrections officers nears its next milestone. Queensland Corrective Services has welcomed the latest cohort of Custodial Correctional Officers to the frontline
12 new Custodial Correctional Officers graduate in Rockhampton. Graduates will strengthen frontline staffing at Capricornia Correctional Centre The Queensland Government’s delivery of new corrections officers nears its next milestone Queensland Corrective Services has welcomed the latest cohort of Custodial Correctional Officers to the frontline at
Queensland Corrective Services can confirm the prisoner who absconded from Townsville Low Custody Men's Correctional Centre on 14 September is back in custody and returned to high security at Townville Men's Correctional Centre. Our thanks to Queensland Police Service for their efforts in locating and taking
Queensland Corrective Services officers continue to thwart major attempts to introduce contraband into correctional centres, recently seizing hundreds of prohibited items. Recently, officers from Palen Creek Correctional Centre near Beaudesert located and intercepted a significant quantity of contraband. More than 700 prohibited items, including mobile phones, chargers,
Queensland Corrective Services officers continue to thwart major attempts to introduce contraband into correctional centres, recently seizing several prohibited items in the state’s far north. Officers at Lotus Glen Low Security Correctional Centre located a concealed object during a routine perimeter patrol recently. Officers retrieved the package and
Queensland Corrective Services officers continue to foil attempts to smuggle contraband into correctional centres, seizing substantial quantities of prohibited items in two separate incidents across the state’s southeast. In a recent joint operation, officers from Wolston Correctional Centre and the Escort and Security Branch intercepted a
Detectives from the Corrective Services Investigation Unit (CSIU) have charged a man following investigations into a drone located inside Townsville Correctional Centre, carrying a package containing over $1 million of illicit drugs and utensils. On 17 May, Queensland Corrective Services Custodial Correctional Officers located the drone,
Commissioner of Queensland Corrective Services, Paul Stewart APM has announced his retirement after a 44-year career in public safety. He was appointed Commissioner of Queensland Corrective Services in July 2021. He has overseen an agency which has grown from 4900 to over 8000 officers, the vast majority