Southern Queensland Correctional Centre
The Southern Queensland Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in the Lockyer Valley, 15 km north from Gatton, and 94 km west from Brisbane, Queensland. The 300-bed minimum to maximum security prison for females was built by Baulderstone and officially opened on 21 December 2011 by Corrective Services Minister Neil Roberts. The facilities began operation in January 2012. SQCC is the first completed stage of the Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct in Australia.
The centre provides secure placement accommodation for sentenced mainstream female prisoners classified as high or low security and has 104 secure and 196 residential beds. The facility is managed by Serco. It cost A$485 million to construct.
The high proportion of residential style accommodation at the prison makes it suited to prisoners who have either completed their intervention and rehabilitation programs or who are close to being eligible for parole. Prisoners are housed in 11 cell blocks. Each cell includes a TV, radio and bookshelves.
The prison also includes accommodation for aged and infirm prisoners in a residential unit and a medical centre providing palliative care.
