Media Releases

• Lockyer Valley team recognised at QCS Commissioner’s Awards for Excellence 03/11/2026
• Safer Queensland communities at the heart of QCS excellence awards 03/11/2026
• Prisoner extradited to NSW *with new download links* 28/10/2026
• Newest Townsville custodial correctional officers graduate into frontline roles 02/10/2026
• Loved by everyone: Vale PADD Dog Cooper 02/10/2026
• Newest Maryborough custodial correctional officers graduate into frontline roles 30/09/2026
• New officers bolster corrections frontline 25/09/2026
• From Pups to Protectors: Five new drug detection dogs join the frontline 25/09/2026
• Far North graduates join frontline as Queensland Government nears new milestone of corrections officers delivered 15/09/2026
• Rockhampton graduates join frontline as Queensland Government nears new milestone of corrections officers delivered 14/09/2026
• Prisoner located and returned to custody 14/09/2026
• Community safety strengthened in the Scenic Rim thanks to QCS officers 02/09/2026
• Community safety strengthened in Mareeba thanks to QCS officers 02/09/2026
• Community safety strengthened in South East Queensland thanks to QCS officers 02/09/2026
• Man charged following attempted drone drop of illicit drugs into prison 24/08/2026
• QCS Commissioner retires after 44-year career in public safety 07/08/2026
• QCS Intel officers seize more than $250,000 in illegal drugs through mail system 06/08/2026
• Townsville recruits start new QCS career 03/07/2026
• More than 100 correctional officers to join the frontline and make QLD communities safer 26/06/2026
• Mareeba recruits start new QCS career 23/06/2026

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Media Responses

• Community safety strengthened in the Scenic Rim thanks to QCS officers 02/09/2026
• Community safety strengthened in Mareeba thanks to QCS officers 02/09/2026
• QCS Intel officers seize more than $250,000 in illegal drugs through mail system 06/08/2026
• Million dollar find as drone intercepted in Townsville 28/05/2026
• Newest Townsville custodial correctional officers graduate into frontline roles 31/03/2026
• New correctional officers committed to community safety in Far North Queensland 09/12/2025
• MEDIA RESPONSE: Medical emergency, Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre 31/05/2025
• Death in custody: Woodford Correctional Centre 12/04/2025
• Media response: Deaths in custody 25/12/2024
• Officer assaulted, Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre 23/07/2021
• Management of Maximum Security Unit prisoners 16/03/2021
• Contraband stash at Palen Creek Correctional Centre 02/03/2020
• Community service workers sew cool neckties for bushfire volunteers 06/02/2020
• The truth about televisions in prisons 25/02/2019

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