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The General Manager of Townsville Correctional Complex, Chief Superintendent Louise Kneeshaw is retiring after a distinguished 37-year Queensland Corrective Services career. Acting Commissioner of Queensland Corrective Services, Ursula Roeder ACM praised Ms Kneeshaw for her commitment to improving community safety and wished her well in retirement. “Louise
Mental health clinicians interested in working with individuals to improve wellbeing outcomes, promote rehabilitation and enhance community safety are invited to attend a Queensland Corrective Services information session in Cairns next week. The free information session provides an opportunity to engage with the clinical and program
Calving season is underway at some of Queensland’s low custody centres, with Capricornia Correctional Centre welcoming its first herd of calves to their new commercial beef herd. Born last month, the two calves come from a line of Droughtmaster stock moved from Lotus Glen Correctional Centre’s
19 Queensland Corrective Service (QCS) officers graduated from the latest round of Foundations training at the QCS Academy. Newly qualified case managers will support communities from Rockhampton to the Gold Coast. Regional Queensland will benefit from a frontline boost to community safety with 19 Queensland
If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to be a Custodial Correctional Officer (CCO), our new video series might be for you. The series follows Dan, one of our latest recruits, from his first day at the Queenland Corrective Services (QCS) Academy to his new job
Queensland Corrective Services can confirm the prisoner who absconded from Palen Creek Low Custody Correctional Centre on 5 August is back in custody.
Lotus Glen Correctional Centre was the scene of a simulated firefighting and search and rescue operation recently as a part of a multi-agency training exercise. The contingency training, which involved officers from the Queensland Corrective Services Centre Emergency Response Team (CERT) and dog squad, saw two
Queensland Corrective Services can confirm the prisoner who absconded from Palen Creek Low Custody Correctional Centre on 27 May is in police custody. Thanks to Queensland Police Service for their efforts in locating and arresting the individual.
Several Queensland Corrective Services’ female officers received accolades for their contributions to Queensland’s safety at the International Women’s Day Awards, last Friday (May 16), which had been postponed due to ex-tropical cyclone Alfred. Corrective Services Minister Laura Gerber praised the women for their unwavering dedication and
Warwick Work Camp was established as the first women’s prisoner work camp in Australia in 1995 Low risk women building employable skills and making reparations to the community 35 community service projects currently on the go Queensland Corrective Services’ Warwick Work Camp
