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	The GEO Group, Inc. • Global Facilities
		It is the remand and reception centre for South East Queensland with a single bed capacity for 710 prisoners and an annual prisoner movement of approximately 23,500.
		The centre is a complex operation due to the diversity of the prisoner population who require varying degrees of protection, separation and special management.
		The centre is responsible for the calculation of the term of imprisonment, classification of sentenced prisoners and the preparation of initial sentence plans.
	www.thegeogroupinc.com.au /Arthur.htm (474 words)

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		Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre was a considerably larger prison holding 380 inmates.
		He recognised that the role of a correctional officer was a 'high risk occupation involving work which is hazardous to mental and physical health in [a] highly volatile environment.'[21] He noted 'the defendant company was not obliged to devise a system of work which would be entirely risk free.
		Justice Healy noted that at Arthur Gorrie this required an officer to be in the fish bowl (which was situated in the living unit) with the door open.
	www.murdoch.edu.au /elaw/issues/v5n1/moyle51.txt (9388 words)

	Queensland Department of Corrective Services > News > New-look Internet website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Since their commissioning, both centres have operated exclusively as contract-managed correctional facilities and as such Queensland has enjoyed the involvement of the private sector in the corrective services system for the last 16 years.
		The Borallon Correctional Centre is situated approximately 55 kilometres west of Brisbane and is located in Ivan Lane, Borallon.
		The Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is situated approximately 23 kilometres south-west of Brisbane and is located at 3068 Ipswich Road, Wacol.
	www.correctiveservices.qld.gov.au /Publications/News_and_Events/News/20060625_bor_arg_tender.shtml (532 words)

	Correctional Facilities, Brisbane, ZPages
		Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre is located at Wacol, Brisbane, and has a capacity of 264 cells and is divided into two accommodation areas of 122 secure cells and 142 residential cells.
		Numinbah Correctional Centre is an open custody environment located on a 1800 acre reserve 100km south of Brisbane in the Gold Coast hinterland.
		Correctional facility 25km south of Mareeba and 20 km north of Atherton in far north Queensland, for high, medium, low and open classification inmates.
	brisbane.zpages.com.au /correctional-facilities (290 words)

	Australia Hall of Shame
		The Arthur Gorrie contract, a copy of which has been obtained by The Australian, says the $500,000 bonus will be reduced by $100,000 for each escape, "loss of control (riot)" or death in custody.
		Operators of the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre, Australasian Correctional Management, were issued with a non-compliance notice after they failed to notify authorities of an alleged assault between two prisoners in the maximum security unit last week.
		Prison officers at the Borallon Correctional Centre, near Ipswich, will lock prisoners in their cells during six-hour stoppages tomorrow and on Tuesday in a dispute over enterprise bargaining negotiations The prison is operated by the US-based prison company Management and Training Corporation (MTC), under contract to the Queensland Government.
	www.privateci.org /shame_aust.html (19541 words)

	[recoznettwo] Aborigine found dead in Qld prison cell
		A spokesman for the Department of Corrective Services said the 48-year-old man could not be revived, despite a doctor, nursing staff, ambulance officers and custodial officers working on the prisoner for more than an hour.
		The inmate had been a remand prisoner at the centre since May 31 and was due to be taken to the police watchhouse at Beenleigh to appear in court on Wednesday.
		The Corrective Services Investigation Unit was also investigating an alleged sexual assault of a prisoner by another inmate at the Sir David Longland Correctional Centre, also west of B The incident was alleged to have taken place on August 18.
	www.mail-archive.com /recoznettwo@green.net.au/msg00937.html (395 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is a prison located on the Ipswich motorway at Wacol in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia.
		It is a maximum security prison that is used for remand prisoners, and also for the temporary detention of prisoners while their 'security level' is ascertained.
		The Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is the second of Queenslands Privately Operated non-government Prisons sharing that notation with Borallon Correctional Centre operated for the Department by Management and Training Corporation located in Ivan Lane Borallon near Ipswich.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Arthur_Gorrie_Correctional_Centre (189 words)

	Queensland Corrective Services > Custodial Corrections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Agency's Custodial Directorate is responsible for managing the state's 11 publicly run and two private correctional centres, which incorporate a variety of secure and open custody facilities.
		Prisoners in Queenslands correctional system undergo constant safety and risk evalution and are given a high, medium or low classification.
		Both the Helana Jones Community Corrections Centre and the Warwick women's camp are managed by the Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre.
	www.dcs.qld.gov.au /About_Us/The_Department/Custodial_Corrections/index.shtml (1009 words)

	Inmates escape to rooftop fun - Asia at ALWAYSHOTNEWS.com
		The prisoners, on remand at the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre in Qeeensland, spent the afternoon sunning themselves, smoking cigarettes and skylarking for television helicopter crews from the corrugated iron roof in the exercise yard of the prison, in Brisbane`s outer west.
		They broke away from a group of eight prisoners who were walking unsupervised to a medical centre in the prison at about 12.30pm (AEDT).
		Corrective Services Minister Judy Spence announced an investigation into the security breach as prison officials said the group was never a danger of escaping or harming prison staff or other prisoners.
	alwayshotnews.com /eng/asia/5670 (329 words)

	Unsafe Work Practices Leads to Findings of Negligence Against Private Prison Operator: Jarvis v Australasian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This was a fairly complicated procedure [for which he] was neither trained to do nor given a set of written instructions'[7] to assist him to carry out this task.
		The contract for the operation and management of Arthur Gorrie provides indemnity for the contractor from negligence actions as a consequence of any negligent act, omission on the part of the QCSC.
		The QCSC's Annual Report in 1993 notes an 'upturn in grievances was expected as a result of the opening of the Arthur Gorrie Centre, particularly in the first few months of operation'.
	www2.austlii.edu.au /~david/MurUEJL/1998/10.html (9868 words)

	ON OTHER PAGES
		Prisoners from Washington DC who were sent to Corrections Corporation of America’s Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown, Ohio on or before 19 October 1998 will share a $1.65m financial settlement agreed by the company and the District of Columbia (see PPRI #18, 19, 23, 24 and 26).
		Corrections Corporation of Australia (CCA) has been chosen by the Government of Western Australia as the preferred bidder to finance, design, build and run the new 750 bed Wooroloo South prison (see PPRI #25 and 26).
		Prisoners objecting to overcrowding at Corrections Corporation of Australia’s Metropolitan Women’s Correctional Centre held a sit-in and sprayed staff with water on 24 February 1999.
	www.psiru.org /justice/ppriarchive/ppri28-03-99.asp (2679 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre
		Science Fair Projects - Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre
		Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is a prison located on the ipswich motorway at Wacol in the western suberbs of Brisbane, Australia.
		It is a maximum security prison that is used for long term detention, and also for the temporary detention of prisoners while their 'security level' is known.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Arthur_Gorrie_Correctional_Centre (289 words)

	LHMU: Queensland News: Arthur Gorrie Prison Workers about to commence EBA negotiations - 10 May 2005
		The Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is a privately run prison, managed by the GEO Group (previously called Australasian Corrections Management).
		LHMU members at Arthur Gorrie commenced industrial action twice at the prison earlier this year to demand better wages, and better working conditions.
		The management of Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre have a strong track record of violating workers' rights, and with John Howard controlling the Senate after July, it's more important than ever that we achieve this EBA.
	www.lhmu.org.au /qld/news/2005/1115700998_9227.html (354 words)

	[PRISONACT] Why we're blockading ACM
		Under ACM's management of the immigration detention centres, asylum seekers have been beaten, abused, held in solitary confinement, threatened and intimidated and charged $150 a day for the privilege.
		Conditions are so bad, the centres have been described by some former ACM staff as "hell on Earth".
		Sydney M1 protesters will be blockading the offices of ACM to demonstrate their opposition to the corporation's involvement in running prisons and the detention centres for refugees.
	www.prisonactivist.org /pipermail/prisonact-list/2002-April/005060.html (996 words)

	Private Adult Correctional Facilities: Fines, Failures and Dubious Practices Section 4
		According to Victoria’s correctional services commissioner, tear gas was used “as a last resort.” Tear gas was also used on 17 October 1999 after prisoners at the facility protested about overcrowding.
		A threatened 48-hour strike by staff at Corrections Corporation of Australia’s Women’s Correctional Centre was averted on 8 July 1999 after the company agreed to improved pay and conditions.
		Also, a number of prisoners at the Australasian Correctional Management (Wackenhut)-run Fulham Correctional Centre were taken to hospital in February 1999 after being injured during violent incidents over a three day period.
	www.opseu.org /ops/ministry/report/section4.htm (3228 words)

	SAVE A LIFE - Foreign Prisoners Support Service
		Moreton Correctional Centre is a Queensland facility for male offenders.
		Numinbah Correctional Centre is a minimum security facility located on a farm for both men and women.
		Palen Creek Correctional Centre is situated on a farm and is a minimum security facility for men.
	www.phaseloop.com /foreignprisoners/prison-australia-prisons-qld.html (313 words)

	LHMU: Security News: 2nd strike in a month at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre - 29 January 2003
		Private prison guards at the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre in Brisbane will go on strike for the second time in a month — as management refuses to hold meetings with the union and workers as recommended by the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission.
		" The failure to sit down and negotiate around the table means that prisoners at the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre will have to be locked down and regular weekend visits from their families will be denied for security reasons.
		A dispute with ACM over wages at the detention centres dragged on and on, with the company refusing to meet with the workers and their union until the last minute when members voted to hold a national strike.
	www.lhmu.org.au /security/news/2003/1043810961_24799.html (390 words)

	Australian News
		The bungle has stunned one of the man's victims, who says she is terrified he will track her down once freed from the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre at Wacol in Brisbane.
		Mr Welford said the Dangerous Offenders Review Committee — made up of officials from police, corrective services and associated experts — had recommended to Crown Law that strict supervision was more appropriate for Prisoner G than indefinite detention, because of his age and deteriorating health.
		Tomorrow the predator who stole her childhood will be released from the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre at Wacol in Brisbane's west.
	www.mako.org.au /newsart375.html (1263 words)

	Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On Tuesday July 8th, the Australian Federal Government cancelled former Black Panther Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin's visa on the grounds that he was not of good character, while lawyers for Kom'boa replied that the Prime Minister had falsely accused him of dishonesty.
		He spent several nights in Brisbane's maximum security Sir Arthur Gorrie Centre after the Acting Minister for Immigration, Senator Vanstone, cancelled his visa.
		I was then dragged by the handcuffs by Correctional officers at the Sir Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre.
	flag.blackened.net /blackflag/212/212lorzo.htm (520 words)

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		The Arthur Gorrie Centre is one of 4 correctional facilities managed by The GEO Group Australia.
		In fact, the Admin/HR/Finance unit at the Arthur Gorrie Centre is a stand-alone unit in a facility that has been awarded the maximum five star rating by the National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA).
		The aim of this role is to assist with rostering and payroll functions and personnel administration support, as an integral member of the human resource team at the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre.
	eo.applynow.com.au /job2115 (873 words)

	The GEO Group, Inc. • Global Facilities
		Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre at Wacol in Brisbane, for Queensland Corrective Services.
		Fulham Correctional Centre, a minimum/medium facility in West Sale, Victoria.
		The GEO Group Australia manages the Melbourne Custody Centre and associated court custody services for Victoria Police.
	www.thegeogroupinc.com.au /whatwedo.html (164 words)

	Prison brew find means sober Christmas
		Christmas won't be quite as merry as some Queensland prisoners had hoped after several batches of illegal brew were found at a jail west of Brisbane.
		Corrective Services Minister Judy Spence said the officers had stepped up security in the lead-up to Christmas which was the traditional time for illegal brewing.
		On Monday this week, a joint operation by police and Department of Corrective Services officers found a woman allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the Capricornia Correctional Centre, north of Rockhampton, in central Queensland.
	news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=78753 (438 words)

	LaborNET: Workers Online Live News Feed: Private prison locks out guards
		A lock out of prison guards at the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre private prison in Brisbane could result in prisoners being confined to cells; significant court delays and a cessation of prison visits.
		The union representing the guards is angry about plans put forward by their employer, Australasian Correctional Management, to use prison labour to increase their profits.
		" To add to Arthur Gorrie woes, the LHMU is opposing the certification of a "non-union" agreement proposed to cover a handful of cooks at the prison.
	www.labor.net.au /news/2754.html (664 words)

	Divorcing The Feds 2
		The first is to associate myself with the observations of Selway J concerning the absence of a statutory regime regulating the manner and conditions of immigration detention.
		Correctional officers and security guards have been attempting to negotiate a new agreement to replace the 3 year agreement which expired on December 31st, 2002.
		The centres - widely referred to in Australia as 'concentration camps' - were run for years by the private firm, Australasian Corrections Management (ACM) a subsidiary of the notorious U.S, Wackenhut firm.
	www.javaspider.com /freenet/index-127.html (16752 words)

	Thiess Corporate - Correctional Facilities
		Thiess has a strong record in the development of correctional infrastructure in both greenfield and operational environments.
		Thiess is a 50% shareholder in Australasian Correctional Services (ACS), with the other 50% owned by Australian Correctional Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of the GEO Corporation Inc, a leading US and international private prison and forensic/psychiatric hospital operator.
		This consortium was responsible for the Fulham Correctional Centre in Victoria, which was the first major privately financed, designed, constructed, managed and owned correctional centre in Australia.
	www.thiess.com.au /operations/5.1_building/5.1.3_correctional_facilities (132 words)

	NOLAN, Rachel - Ipswich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		She has been named a Bilby Ambassador for her work with the Save the Bilby Fund and until recently she was a member of the University of Queensland Senate and the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre Community Advisory Committee.
		Beyond her first priority of whatever is good for Ipswich, Rachels broad policy interests centre around social, economic and environmental sustainability.
		Rachel believes that vision and ideas are important in politics and she has published articles on, among other things, urban planning in light of rising energy costs and the need to protect green space.
	info.teambeattie.com /01_cms/details.asp?ID=128 (330 words)

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