- Crisafulli Government delivers more than 2,000 corrections officers in less than 24 months.
- Milestone delivers on commitment to make Queensland safer and build a strong and capable workforce.
- Officers will strengthen frontline staffing in correctional centres across the State.
- The Crisafulli Government is putting victims first, holding offenders to account, and ensuring Queensland's prisons are properly staffed after Labor's decade of decline.
The Crisafulli Government is making Queensland safer and bolstering the frontline, reaching a major milestone of 2,038 new corrections officers delivered since coming into office.
The officers have been trained and deployed to boost frontline ranks and reduce reoffending, after the former Labor Government created a crime crisis and failed to invest in the infrastructure and workforce needed to keep Queenslanders safe.
Queensland Corrective Services welcomed 139 new Custodial Correctional Officers at a graduation in Brisbane last week and five new Passive Alert Drug Detection dog teams.
Since November 2024, 196 corrections officers have graduated in the Far North, 232 in the North, 216 in Central and the Wide Bay and 1320 in Brisbane and South East Queensland, with more graduations in Maryborough and Townsville planned for later this month.
After a decade of neglect under Labor, the Crisafulli Government has already boosted the frontline, delivered the first new high-security prison in more than a decade, invested over $2 billion to increase capacity and are getting more criminals off our streets.
Minister for Corrective Services Laura Gerber congratulated the officers for completing their training and joining the frontline to help keep Queenslanders safe.
"This is a significant milestone and delivers on our commitment to make Queensland safer and build a strong and capable workforce," Minister Gerber said.
"The former Labor Government created a crime crisis and left our correctional centres critically overcrowded and without the infrastructure and strong laws needed to keep Queenslanders safe.
"The Crisafulli Government is fixing Labor's mess by driving down crime and delivering a strong and capable workforce as we expand prison capacity across the State.
"We have already delivered more than 2,000 corrections officers, and beds in our prisons across Queensland in less than two years, and we have more to come."
Queensland Corrective Services Acting Commissioner Jon Peach congratulated the graduates on completing the rigorous training and welcomed them to Queensland Corrective Services.
"Correctional Officers are central to community safety, and this graduating cohort will make a real difference from day one by keeping our correctional centres safe, supporting rehabilitation and helping break the cycle of reoffending," Acting Commissioner Peach said.
"We are proud to welcome them to Queensland Corrective Services and look forward to supporting them as they build meaningful careers across our State."
