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Work starts on ‘mega-jail’ west of Brisbane as prison population overflows
Construction has started on a new mega-prison that will house 1000 men by 2024 in south-east Queensland.
The prison being built at Gatton, in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane, was commissioned to tackle overcrowding crisis in the state’s prisons.
Stage two of the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre will be built next to the existing prison, near Gatton.Credit:Queensland Corrective Services
The Crime and Corruption Commission Taskforce Flaxton report into jail corruption found assaults had increased because prisons were overflowing.
The report found the state’s jails were at 125 per cent capacity and the rate of imprisonment was rising despite a drop in the crime rate.
Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Martin said the new…
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