Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) has announced it is moving to Stage One restrictions, permitting personal visits to its facilities, although these have to be booked and face masks must be worn.
In a statement, QCS urged visitors to contact the relevant correctional centre for details of current visitor numbers permitted under COVID-Safe plans and to book contact and non-contact visits, with virtual personal visits available.
“Anyone entering a correctional centre will continue to undergo health screening and temperature checks,” it said.
“For the safety of our officers and the prisoners in our care, please do not come for a visit if you are unwell or showing any COVID-19 symptoms, even if they are minor.
“Instead please self-isolate and get tested immediately.”
QCS said anyone who had been in a COVID-19 hotspot in the past two weeks should not attend any centre.
“All correctional centres have a COVID-Safe plan in place, including the requirement for social distancing, hygiene and other fundamental measures that help prevent the spread of COVID-19,” it said.
“We also continue to pay close attention to regular cleaning of frequently-touched surfaces as well as maintaining regular hand washing or sanitising, good cough and sneeze etiquette and adherence to workplace COVID-Safe plans.”
QCS reminded the public that a cautious approach, as well as stringent planning and execution of COVID-Safe measures, had kept COVID-19 out of its facilities.
