RESPONSIBLE AGENCY

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL

PROPOSAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT

DETAILED BUSINESS CASE UNDERWAY

PLANNED STAGE END DATE

Q1 2017

ESTIMATED COST OF DELIVERY

$740 MILLION*

*Nominal cost in Australian dollars 2016, estimate provided by Responsible Agency.**Update of original (2014) Business Case underway by Responsible Agency.

SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND CORRECTIONAL PRECINCT (GATTON)

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PROPOSAL

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The objective of the proposal is to improve safety and reduce pressure on existing facilities across the prison system.

This proposal is investigating the construction of Stage 2 of the Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct near Gatton to provide a new 1,004 cell, high-security facility for male prisoners to address growth in demand for correctional facilities in the medium term (3-5 years).

Expansion of the Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct has been investigated as there is already a Master Plan for a larger facility at this site that could also help to relieve capacity constraints at other facilities in southern Queensland.

After a period of high growth in the prisoner population, the capacity of the state's male high-security facilities is constrained.

Building Queensland assisting with Detailed Business Case**

Building Queensland | Infrastructure Pipeline Report | December 2016

For the period 4 June–3 December 2016