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Prison in Queensland, Australia

Wolston Correctional Centre
Wolston Correctional Centre is located in QueenslandWolston Correctional CentreLocation in Queensland
LocationWacol, Queensland
Coordinates27°35′09″S 152°54′14″E / 27.5859°S 152.9038°E / -27.5859; 152.9038
StatusOperational
Security classHigh
Capacity900
Opened1999
Managed byQueensland Corrective Services

Wolston Correctional Centre is an Australian high-security prison facility in Wacol, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Wolston holds high-profile prisoners.

History

In 2018, Wolston Correctional Centre was severely overcrowded, with some cells designed for a single prisoner accommodating two or more prisoners. This is often achieved by requiring one or more of the prisoners to sleep on the floor. Such overcrowding has led to a dramatic increase in violent assaults as such cramped living conditions increases psychological stress and discomfort of inmates. It is also often the prison guards who become the victims of such assaults.

Notable prisoners

  • Leonard Fraser – serial killer
  • Robert Paul Long – Convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2000 Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel Fire which killed 15 backpackers.
  • Massimo "Max" Sica – convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the triple murder of his former girlfriend and two siblings
  • Gerard Baden-Clay – Murderer - convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife Alison Baden-Clay
  • Brett Peter Cowan – serial pedophile convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Queensland school boy Daniel Morcombe
  • Rick Thorburn – convicted of murdering foster daughter Tialeigh Palmer and sentenced to life imprisonment with non-parole of 20 years
  • Paul Pisasale – former Lord Mayor of Ipswich convicted of extortion

See also

References

  1. Wordsworth, Matt (7 August 2018). "Inmate attack caught on video amid rising tensions in overcrowded prisons". ABC News. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. Jailed former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale taken to hospital with exercise-related injury

External links

Prisons in Queensland
Operational facilities for adults
Operational facilities for juveniles
Closed facilities
See also: List of Australian prisons
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