Queensland prisons The food is shit. Assaults more than doubled from 1,298 in 2013/14 to 2,997 in 2017/18; Prisoner numbers rose from 6,076 in June 2013 to 8,900 in June 2018; Aug 2, 2024 ยท Townsville Men’s Correctional Centre Deputy General Manager George Muir said the three month pilot program allowed Queensland Corrective Services to trial the impact of nature-based community service on prisoner wellbeing and capacity building, with the aim of incorporating it into the Community Services Program. Queensland prisons are governed by a hierarchy of laws, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines made by parliament and Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) (and a large body of common law or judge-made law (case law) and a number of guiding international treaties and covenants) such as the: The prison has a capacity of 264 cells and is divided into two accommodation areas of 122 secure cells and 142 residential cells. Find more information about visiting correctional centres or view a statewide map (PDF) of our offices, camps and centres around Queensland. 17 Queensland also has a higher number of women in prison than other Australian states. ADCQ 1 - Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland women in prison report html; ADCQ 2 - Department of Corrective Services response pdf St Helena Island is a former penal establishment located in Moreton Bay (Queensland). Although Corrective Services still use the word prison, they now call most of their prisons "correctional centres" (or "correctional facilities" if you are in a different state). I saw people die, I saw people get bashed, I saw people get raped. Contact us. Parole Support – Inside all Women’s Prisons Sisters Inside: Parole Support service ensures that women can address their post-release needs whilst in prison; leave prison as soon as possible; and successfully stay out of prison following release. kmektjogwvzafuagdzzpvdenhujvbefzdpgrjrhcmweoawohzvyttezfaqdqqroreiilas