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Like many before her, Nadine Robinson donned a backpack and left the shores of England. Her destination was Sydney, but fate had other plans and the temptation of sunny Townsville sounded like the perfect place to study a double degree in psychology and criminology at...
Lotus Glen Correctional Centre has used a touch football competition to curb anti-social behaviour of prisoners, hosting the inaugural Lotus Glen Correctional Centre (LGCC) touch football competition. The brainchild of the activities team, the Prisoner Advisory Committee (PAC) and the Violence Prevention Coordinator it was run...
Queensland Corrective Services can confirm that Queensland Police Service is investigating the death of a 47-year-old prisoner at Townsville Correctional Centre this morning. The man, who was in a single occupancy cell was located by officers early this morning in a secure unit. Queensland Ambulance Service was...
QCS is committed to proactively engaging and working with our law-enforcement colleagues across the country to identify and share appropriate information and prevent and disrupt crime. As recognised leaders in specialised sexual offending clinical services, QCS was invited to deliver a suite of training to our...
Brisbane Region’s Community Corrections Senior Case Manager Katherine knows all about chasing goals after recently returning home an undefeated world champion from the 2019 Touch World Cup held in Malaysia. Katherine has been playing touch football since she was 11, and for Australia for the past...
Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) Commissioner Peter Martin APM today announced the appointment of Richard Butcher as the General Manager of the Lotus Glen Correctional Centre (LGCC), as well as number of redeployments. Commencing at LGCC on July 13, Mr Butcher was recruited from Department of Corrections...
Prisoners from around the state are helping put healthy food on the table for thousands of hungry Queenslanders, while also learning useful job skills which may help them reintegrate into the community on their release. In an agreement between Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) and BeefBank, which...
An administrative officer has been suspended from duty today as a result of being charged with two criminal offences by the Queensland Police Service. The charges are unrelated to their work conduct. As a top-tier public safety agency, Queensland Corrective Services is committed to the highest standards...
The Townsville Correctional Complex (TCC) dog squad returned to the annual Townsville Pet Expo this weekend to educate the community about their vital role in keeping prisons and the community safe. Queensland Corrective Services’ dog squad includes passive alert drug detection (PADD) dogs that detect and...
QCS has welcomed the 18 newest graduates of the Custodial Officer Entry Program (COEP) as they were sworn into their vital role in ensuring public safety across Queensland at a ceremony in Wacol last week (5 June). We were also proud to recognise the meritorious and...
