Death in Custody – Woodford Correctional Centre

Queensland Corrective Services can confirm the death of a prisoner at Caboolture Hospital yesterday afternoon. The 51-year-old man had been incarcerated at Woodford Correctional Centre before being transported to hospital as a result of ongoing medical conditions.  QCS will assist the Queensland Police Service in preparing a...

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New correctional officers improve community safety in South East Queensland

30 new Custodial Correctional Officers join the frontline of public safety. Queensland Corrective Services offers many career paths. Officers equipped with the highest level of training, skills and support. Queensland Corrective Services inducted 30 Custodial Correctional Officers (CCO) to the frontline of public safety on...

Response: LGCC COVID-19 update

As at midday 7 January, Lotus Glen Correctional Centre had four officers unfit for duty due to COVID-19. There was one prisoner with confirmed COVID. The unit has remained in lockdown to allow for prisoner testing and cleaning. Due to the rapidly changing situation with COVID-19 in...

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Officer assaulted, Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre

QCS can confirm that a corrective services officer was injured in an incident with a prisoner at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre yesterday. The officer, who has been praised for their quick thinking and response during the incident, was transported to hospital as a precautionary measure following...

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TCC review implementation on track

One year after a comprehensive review of the workplace culture at Townsville Correctional Complex was finalised, all of the local actions recommended by the independent workplace investigator have been implemented. Nearly 30 actions were recommended to address officers’ concerns about the culture at the complex, and...

Management of Maximum Security Unit prisoners

We don’t discuss the management of individual prisoners, however decisions relating to prisoners who are in Maximum Security Units are very carefully considered, with input from officers, multi-disciplinary teams including health experts. Transitioning MSU prisoners to lower classification accommodation is always accompanied by an Intensive Management...

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Death in custody – Wolston Correctional Centre

Queensland Corrective Services can confirm that a 73-year-old prisoner has died after suffering what appears to be a medical incident at Wolston Correctional Centre yesterday evening. The man attended the medical centre at the prison suffering shortness of breath before rapidly declining. QAS attended, but attempts by...

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Death in Custody, Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre

Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) can confirm the death of a prisoner in custody on October 13 at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre. The 26-year-old man was located in a dual occupancy cell at 2.55am. Custodial Correctional Officers immediately commenced CPR on the man and QAS was called but...

Prisoner transported to hospital

Queensland Corrective Services can confirm that a prisoner was transported by QAS to the Princess Alexandra Hospital after being found unresponsive in their single occupancy cell at Wolston Correctional Centre at unlock Saturday morning. The prisoner remains in hospital at this time....

Minor disturbance: Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre

Queensland Corrective Services can confirm that a prisoner caused minor damage to a unit at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre overnight after managing to access a common area in a secure unit. Initial information is that the prisoner entered the common area shortly about midnight and stole...