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Council commends corrections for flood sandbag marathon effort

The hard work of prisoners at Maryborough Correctional Centre to fill about 4000 sandbags in four days in the lead up to the recent flooding in the town have been recognised. Landscaping Trade Instructor, Wayne Simpson received a certificate of appreciation from Fraser Coast Regional Councillor...

Prison pup puts best paw forward

One of Queensland Corrective Services’ youngest recruits has showed off his skills at a special demonstration at Maryborough Correctional Centre. Wolf, an 11-month-old German Shepherd has been in training at the academy since he was just eight weeks old with one of QCS’ most experienced dog...

Email and EFT transfer for prisoners

  It is now easier for family and friends to stay in touch with prisoners in Queensland prisons with streamlined processes to sign up for email and electronic funds transfer. When signing up for these services, family and friends of prisoners now have the option to...

Community safety boosted with 14 new corrections officers in Townsville

Queensland’s newest frontline safety workers will be celebrated alongside some of their most experienced colleagues at a Queensland Corrective Services’ ceremony today. Some 14 new custodial correctional officers will be sworn into their frontline roles, while six officers will be recognised for their 130 years’ of...

Missing offender: Milton FOUND

THIS OFFENDER HAS BEEN LOCATED AND IS IN POLICE CUSTODY Police and Corrective Service are appealing for public assistance in locating an offender. He was last seen at the Milton Railway Station at approximately 3pm. If you have information for police, do not approach this individual but contact...

QCS officers #BreakTheBias

The theme for International Women’s Day on March 8 is Break the Bias, and this group of women are doing just that, stepping into the most challenging workplaces imaginable – high security prisons. Not only do these officers work shoulder-to-shoulder with their male counterparts to manage...

Abscond: Townsville men’s low security farm

Police and Queensland Corrective Services officers are searching for prisoner ROBERTS, JAMIE LEE  who absconded from Townsville Correctional Centre (male low security farm) at approximately 7:30am today. He is currently serving 2 years 4 months for Assault police. He may be driving a white Toyota Hilux...

SEQ visits suspended until Friday

As you are aware, the extreme weather event earlier in the week has caused significant disruption in South East Queensland, with road closures, infrastructure damage and about 20,000 houses flooded and many more without power. We are still experiencing localised flooding, damage and minor road closures...

Officers band together in floods

Our officers go above and beyond every day to make Queensland a safer place, and this weekend was no exception. While none of our centres are in flood zones, several high security prisons are surrounded by areas which do flood, and this is exactly what faced...