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QCS mental health clinicians’ recruitment session in Toowoomba (with audio grab)

Mental health clinicians interested in working with individuals to protect public safety are invited to attend a Queensland Corrective Services information session in Toowoomba next week. QCS Mental Health Services Manager Katherine Keiler said the information session would provide an opportunity for qualified mental health professionals

Death in custody: Woodford Correctional Centre

Queensland Corrective Services can confirm a death in custody at Woodford Correctional Centre overnight. The 64-year-old man was accommodated in a single cell and was found unresponsive at approximately 10pm. Responding officers called QAS and attempted to revive the man however their efforts were unsuccessful. The incident has

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Railway training sets prisoners on the right track (with audio grabs)

A group of six prisoners at Townsville Men’s Low Custody Correctional Centre are on track to reform after completing a Certificate II in Rail Infrastructure. The course, delivered under supervision alongside Registered Training Organisation Occupational Skills Centre Australia, is providing prisoners education and qualifications to secure

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Corrections workforce bolstered with 144 new officers for South East Queensland

144 new Custodial Correctional Officers join the public safety frontline in South East Queensland The new officers now ready to play their role in protecting community safety Seven experienced officers recognised for exemplary service and commitment to making Queensland safer   Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) welcomed

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New correctional officers committed to community safety in Maryborough

  12 new Custodial Correctional Officers join the public safety frontline in Central Queensland All 12 have completed the 10-week Custodial Officer Entry program including on-the-job training. The new officers now ready to play their role in protecting community safety. Four officers recognised with the

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New correctional officers committed to community safety in Rockhampton

      22 new Custodial Correctional Officers join the public safety frontline in Central Queensland All 22 have completed the 10-week Custodial Officer Entry program including on-the-job training. The new officers now ready to play their role in protecting community safety. Queensland Corrective Services welcomed

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New correctional officers committed to community safety in North Queensland

27 new Custodial Correctional Officers join the public safety frontline in Townsville All 27 have completed the 10-week Custodial Officer Entry program including on-the-job training. The new officers now ready to play their role in protecting community safety. Queensland Corrective Services welcomed 27 new Custodial

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Officers bunker down at prisons to ensure security

While many people in SEQ were bunkering down at home during this weekend, more than 200 Queensland Corrective Services officers were bunkering down at correctional centres and monitoring units across South East Queensland to maintain safety and security. QCS Commissioner Paul Stewart APM said that he

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QCS Officers deployed to support SEQ prisons

Custodial Correctional Officers from North, Far North and Central Queensland are being deployed to help maintain safety and security at South East Queensland correctional centres in the lead-up to Tropical Cyclone Alfred making landfall. An initial 10 officers from Townsville Correctional Centre and Maryborough Correctional Centre