Southern Queensland Correctional Centre

Opening in January 2012, the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre (SQCC), is the first completed stage of the Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct.

The Centre provides high security secure placement accommodation for sentenced and remand women that are classified as high or low security. It houses both secure and residential prisoners.

SQCC is staffed by a variety of different professions including Administration officers, Counsellors, Education and Program officers, Psychologists, Trade Instructors, Cultural Liaison Officers and Landscapers.

The women at SQCC have a wide range of employment opportunities within the Centre in areas including food services, horticulture, laundry operations and manufacturing.

Southern Queensland Correctional Centre works to address offending behaviours by offering a various therapeutic interventions and substance abuse counselling.

SQCC encourages women to prepare themselves for success upon release into the community and delivers a varied suite of educational and vocational programs in which women can receive Certificate II and III qualifications.

As one of the newest Correctional Centres in Queensland, it is equipped with a number of water and energy saving features including toilets with flush valves that control the number of flushes in a 24-hour period, timed shower controls and stormwater harvesting.

Details

Security level:
High security
Street address:
Millers Road
Spring Creek QLD 4343
Postal address:
Locked Bag 1008
Gatton QLD 4343
General phone:
(07) 5466 6888

Visiting

Mainstream

Wednesday

  • 9am-11am

Saturday

  • 9am-11am
  • 1.30pm-3.30pm

Sunday

  • 9am-11am
  • 1.30pm-3.30pm

Applications to visit (either in person or virtual) must have a Form 27 submitted and approved. The completed forms may be forwarded by mail to the address below or by email to: SQCCVisitsProcessing@Corrections.qld.gov.au

Arrival times:

Visitors must arrive no later than ½ hour prior to their selected booking time.

Bookings

Booking phone:
(07) 5466 6890
Booking times:

Monday 9am-3pm(Wednesday visits)

Tuesday 9am-12pm(Wednesday visits)

Monday-Thursday 9am-3pm(Saturday/Sunday visits)

Friday 9am-12pm (Saturday/Sunday visits)

Transport

Prison Transport Group Inc. A free bus service is available for visitors to the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre for the Sunday afternoon visit session. Bookings must be made for this service. For further information contact the Prison Transport Group Inc.

Visitors MUST be an approved visitor to use this service.

Mobility services can be accommodated if required.

Contact details (for passengers) – Toll Free 1800 334 379 or visit www.prisontransport.com.au

Pickup/ drop off locations – Roma Street precinct, Ipswich Train Station, and Southern Queensland Correctional Centre.

More information

There are three methods of depositing money into prisoner trust accounts:

  1. Cash deposit at visits processing in person. When attending the visits processing centre, cash may be presented for deposit into a prisoner’s trust account at any centre. Please note cash is unable to be accepted by mail.

  2. Electronic funds transfer (Secure Payment Services). Go to www.secure-payment-services.com.au when applying, you will need the prisoner’s IOMS identification number. If you do not know the IOMS number, you can request this by emailing StatewideOperationsCommunications@Corrections.qld.gov.au. Funds are transferred into the prisoner’s trust account the next business day. For assistance please email uts.au@unilink.com or phone 1800 953 849.

  3. Money orders can be purchased from Australia Post. Please note, Australia Post fees apply. All Money Orders take 9 days to clear into prisoner trust accounts.

Prisoners' visits entitlements change in accordance with their Incentives and Earned Privileges status.

Visitors are no longer required to wear a face mask. A visitor may be directed to wear a face mask where they display cold or flu like symptoms. Visiting restrictions remain in place if a visitor is a COVID diagnosed person or COVID close contact.

For more information, including rules and regulations when visiting, see – Visiting a prisoner.

Resource

Visitor factsheet