![]() ![]() "Now what that means is we've got new staff coming extensively into Arthur Gorrie and that is difficult and challenging because every prisoner is different, the technology is different and the processes are different. "Now the effect of this meant we had to test over 300 of our staff and also three of those units totalling over 170 prisoners needed to be tested over that particular period," he said. "They've been having challenges getting those things done.Ĭommissioner for Queensland Corrective Services Peter Martin said 400 staff out of 530 had been taken out of play. ![]() "If you can tick off on those boxes, you're going to have a much more stable situation," the source said. One source at Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) said the prison needed to fix problems with "feeding them, medicating them, rubbish removal, washing their clothes and bedding and potentially allowing them access to phone calls to families and friends". The ABC understands two correctional officers have been stood down after refusing to take COVID-19 tests, while two prisoners who also refused tests were treated as if they were positive. However, the ABC has been told correctional officers have been reluctant to put their hands up amid COVID-19 concerns, with only two officers from nearby Brisbane Correctional Centre volunteering. Staff were stood down for testing and the first rounds have come back negative.īut a resulting staff shortage left a void that has prompted prison authorities to make a statewide call-out for reinforcements from as far away as Lotus Glen Correctional Centre in north Queensland. The prison went into lockdown last Thursday after Queensland Health revealed two of its correctional officers were part of a COVID-19 cluster. Some inmates started lighting fires, smashing windows and flooding their cells with water on Monday in an apparent protest at the deteriorating conditions in the already overcrowded prison. Prisoners at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre in western Brisbane have not left their cells for days and have not been able to contact family or their lawyers by phone. ![]()
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