Commissioner’s Awards for National Corrections Day 2025
Commissioner’s Awards for National Corrections Day Award recipients:
Safety – Demonstrating concerted action to deliver safer correctional environments and the community.
Winner – Greg Friend at Numinbah Correctional Centre
Winner – Mark Boyton from Infrastructure Technology and Asset Services (absent)
Winner – Dean Bell from Townsville Correctional Centre
Excellence – Promoting a culture of excellence in stronger partnerships and community collaboration
Winner- Industries at Wolston Correctional Centre
Winner – Janeve Colliss from the Victims Register
Empowerment – Promoting a culture of empowerment to reduce crime and keep communities safe.
Winner – Offender Development from Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre
Winner – Mikaela Kissick from Parole Board Queensland Secretariat
Respect – Promoting a culture of respect by empowering professionalism and ethics in the workplace.
Winner – Beulah Davis from the Intelligence and Investigations Branch
Winner – Michael Czarnecki from Lotus Glen Correctional Centre (absent)
Accountability – Promoting a culture of accountability through innovation.
Winner – Colin Martin from Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Custodial Operations
Winner – Dr Melanie Mitchell
Commissioner’s Partnership Award – Recognising outstanding collaboration between Queensland Corrective Services and partner agencies to improve community safety.
Winner – Queensland Health, West Moreton Hospital and Health Services
The Commissioner’s Unit Citation – Recognising a group of officers for outstanding conduct, professionalism or exceptional proficiency in operations or operations support.
For the first time, two officers were awarded the Commissioner’s Gold Unit Citation for demonstrating outstanding conduct, professionalism or exceptional proficiency in operations during a subsequent critical event.
Recipients of the Gold Citation are: Superintendent Colin Poole from Lockyer Valley Correctional Centre and Keith Ollenburg from Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre.
Meritorious and Ethical Service Medal – Recognising officers for their exceptional service performed with meritorious conduct.
Madeleine Euston – Community Corrections and Specialist Operations
Jonathan Gardiner – Custodial Operations
Peter Oxlade – Financial Services and Strategic Sourcing
Morrie Naglik (absent) – Escort and Security Branch
Fiona Lancaster – Woodford Correctional Centre
Tara Thomas – Northern Region Community Corrections
Tim Kurz – South Coast Community Corrections
