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MEDIA RESPONSE: Medical emergency, Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre

Queensland Corrective Services can confirm officers responded to a medical emergency involving a prisoner at Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre last night (30 May 2025). Officers responded before QAS arrived on site and transported the individual to hospital. Support is being offered to the responding officers and their

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Car park arrest at Maryborough Correctional Centre

QCS Intel Officers identified cause for targeted search of visitor vehicle Multiple items including drugs, weapons and licence plates located Two people arrested by QPS   An intelligence-led operation at Maryborough Correctional Centre has taken a substantial haul of drugs, weapons and other illegal items off

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UPDATED: Prisoner located and returned to custody

Queensland Corrective Services can confirm the prisoner who absconded from Palen Creek Low Custody Correctional Centre on 29 May is back in QCS custody and has been returned to a high security facility.

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Prisoner abscond from Palen Creek Low Custody Correctional Centre

Police and Queensland Corrective Services officers are searching for 38-year-old prisoner CONNOR, MITCHELL JOHN who absconded from Palen Creek Low Custody Correctional Centre on 27 May 2025. He is currently serving 5 years 2 months 16 days for Unlawfully obtain or possess regulated weapons. If you have

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International Women’s Day 2025

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

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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 -

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Corrections dog squad boost to enhance safety and security

  Largest singular intake of new Corrective Services dogs and their handlers graduate in front of family and friends Highly skilled teams deployed to correctional centres in Townsville, Rockhampton, Brisbane and the Lockyer Valley   Queensland Corrective Services has celebrated a milestone of the four-legged variety as