The Latest Breaking News from Queensland Corrective Services

Daring drone prison drop-off dashed by officers

Officers have stopped a drone carrying more than $1 million worth of contraband including drugs and a mobile phone into a northern Australian prison.

AAP · May 28

Men accused of raping cellmates mistakenly allowed to stay in shared cells by Queensland prison staff

Strict protocols violated by corrections staff who wrongly believed sexual assault cases were ‘closed’, ombudsman finds

The Guardian - AU · Apr 27

Call to end spit hood use after female prisoner's death

A woman in detention in a spit hood said "I can't breathe" before she died, a coroner has found, sparking calls for the head covering's use to end in one state.

AAP · Oct 31, 2025

Ex-prison guard caught with illegal drugs visited inmate 20 times, pleads guilty to intimate relationship

A woman who was employed by Queensland Correction Services was found to have been in a relationship with an inmate and in possession of 195 strips of an illegal drug.

ABC News · May 16, 2023

Breach of sex offender housing precinct sparks review

A woman was able to visit a secure housing precinct for Queensland sex offenders despite a security overhaul following the alleged assault of a teenage girl.

AAP · Feb 8, 2023

Death of man in Townsville Correctional Centre under investigation

Authorities say the man was discovered unresponsive in his cell at Townsville Correctional Centre this morning and CPR was commenced immediately, but he could not be revived.

ABC News · Jan 18, 2023

Security bolstered after alleged assault of teenage girl at housing for dangerous sex offenders at Wacol, in Brisbane's west

Two reviews are ordered after the incident which is alleged to have happened last month at supervised accommodation in Brisbane's west. The accused has been returned to prison.

ABC News · Dec 2, 2022

Queensland's youth justice review reveals children held in watch houses for longer, possibly pleading guilty to crimes they didn't commit

The long-awaited report into the first six months of the Palaszczuk government's youth justice changes reveals that in some of the state's watch houses, young people were held for longer in 2021 than 2019.

ABC News · Nov 15, 2022

Selesa Tafaifa died in jail with a spit hood over her head – now her family wants them outlawed

Salote Isa'ako had no idea spit hoods were used on prisoners until she saw footage of the final moments of her mother Selesa Tafaifa with one of them over her head.

ABC News · Sep 20, 2022

Murder case of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs, allegedly denied care for diabetes, delayed again

A Queensland court hears that four of the 14 people charged over Elizabeth Struhs's death did not receive briefs of evidence due to a miscommunication between police and the prison where they are on remand.

ABC News · Sep 8, 2022