Queensland Corrective Services

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Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) is a Queensland government agency responsible for the housing of inmates at Queensland correctional centres. It is an independent Queensland government agency that operates under the Corrective Services Act. [1]

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QCS operates eleven high security and six low security correctional centres across the state. [2]

Keith Hamburger was director-general from 1988 to 1997. [3] The role was formerly known as comptroller-general. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Qld prison staff face the sack". The Canberra Times . Vol. 65, no. 20, 547. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 July 1991. p. 4. Retrieved 7 June 2026– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "About Queensland Corrective Services". Queensland Corrective Services. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. ↑ O'Flaherty, Antonia (19 November 2022). "Renewed calls for juvenile offenders to be sent to assessment centres rather than detention". ABC News. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Disturbance at Qld jail". The Canberra Times . Vol. 59, no. 17, 998. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 January 1985. p. 6. Retrieved 7 June 2026– via National Library of Australia.
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