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Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) can confirm that a custodial correctional has been injured responding to a disturbance at Borallon Training Correctional Centre today. Three prisoners caused a disturbance at the centre this afternoon and damaged property in one of the secure units. The cause of the...
#NotNowNotEverTogether: We have joined forces with Red Rose Foundation Australia, Townsville City Council and Queensland Police Service to construct red benches for display outside of the Council building and the Mundingburra Police Station to raise awareness of domestic and family violence. The benches were constructed by prisoners from Townsville Correctional...
Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) can confirm that a custodial correctional officer is receiving testing as a result of an interaction with a prisoner yesterday at Borallon Training Correctional Centre. Officers were attempting to put restraints on a prisoner yesterday morning when the prisoner spat into an...
Two Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) officers have been awarded with the Australian Corrections Medal (ACM) and one former QCS officer has been awarded an Order of Australia medal (OAM) as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours. Commissioner Peter Martin APM said the Australian Corrections Medal and...
Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) has launched another channel for families and friends to keep in contact with loved ones in prison. The prison voicemail system allows approved contacts to leave a voice mail message for prisoners at any time of the day or night. Prisoners can then...
Two corrective services officers were suspended from duty on 2 June 2020 as a result of an investigation relating to allegations of negligence and inappropriate use of departmental systems. As a top-tier public safety agency, Queensland Corrective Services is committed to the highest standards of conduct,...
The Queensland Corrective Services Academy hosted the largest ever group of trainees last week. The group of 156 trainee officers is a record for the Wacol-based academy, and is a part of a recruitment push in preparation for the transition of Queensland’s two privately operated prisons...
Rehabilitation programs specific to perpetrators of domestic and family violence are being trialled across Queensland correctional centres to help break the cycle of DFV-related violence Many prisoners in our care are perpetrators of domestic and family violence. Having behavioural change programs in place such as the...
Community Corrections officers are deeply committed to addressing the impact of domestic and family violence (DFV) in all that they do and have made a commitment to ‘be someone who does something’ about DFV Every day, front line case managers in Central Region Community Corrections work...
Melissa, one of our Specialist Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) Caseload Officers from Southport Community Corrections, has a passion for helping people and keeping communities safe. Melissa’s role is a complex but important one. She works with high risk individuals convicted of violent offences released...
