Podcast: COVID-19 recovery and the recommencement of visits with Chief Superintendent Darryll Fleming

10/06/2020 In Custodial Operations, Regions, Safety

QCS Officers awarded Australian Corrections Medal as part of… 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 the Order of Australia medal celebrate the important work that correctional officers do to…
Personal visits to SEQ prisons suspended Due to cases of COVID-19 in the community, personal visits have been suspended to all South East Queensland prisons on the advice of the Chief Health Officer (CHO). This decision was made to protect the safety of prisoners and our officers and includes all prisons from Maryborough to the NSW border. All other visits, including legal, service provider and official…
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 which is impacting access to our centres which are still operating with reduced staffing…