Woodford Correctional Centre
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Woodford Correctional Centre is an Australian prison
facility located in Woodford
, Queensland
, Australia
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The prison is the highest security facility in Queensland as mentioned located in Woodford Queensland, approximately 80 kilometres from Brisbane and 30 minutes from Caboolture.
On 1 April 1997, 120 prisoners managed to escape from the secure unit by 'melting' the lexen walls with toasters & other items, making their way to the central officers unit and then going on into the low security residential area where they were joined by hundreds of angry inmates protesting the new prison policy of it being a non-smoking facility. Prisoners were offered a three month supply of nicotine patches costing the Government $42 million. It took several days before the Centre's Custodial Officers and the TRG (tactical response group) finally resumed control. Woodford Correction Centre has since changed its non-smoking policy
Scott Lawrence Topping, 22, was serving time for $1200 worth of unpaid traffic fines when he was murdered inside Woodford Correctional Centre, Queensland, on 12 September 1997. Topping had three weeks left to serve before his release.
He would be the First person to be Murdered by inmates in Woodford Correction Centre.
the term “One day someone on fines will top themselves” is in reference to the murder of Scott Topping in Prison.
Mark Day was convicted of strangling 22 year old Scott Topping at Woodford prison. Ironically Mark Day was himself Murdered in a prison in 2003.
At the Time of the Murder of Scott Topping, the security CCTV systems were not fully operational.
Prison
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facility located in Woodford
Woodford, Queensland
Woodford is a small town in Queensland, Australia, on the D'Aguilar Highway 72 km north-west of Brisbane and 24 km west of Caboolture. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region. The town is noted for its folk festival that takes place over the New Year holidays. The Woodford...
, Queensland
Queensland
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, Australia
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The prison is the highest security facility in Queensland as mentioned located in Woodford Queensland, approximately 80 kilometres from Brisbane and 30 minutes from Caboolture.
On 1 April 1997, 120 prisoners managed to escape from the secure unit by 'melting' the lexen walls with toasters & other items, making their way to the central officers unit and then going on into the low security residential area where they were joined by hundreds of angry inmates protesting the new prison policy of it being a non-smoking facility. Prisoners were offered a three month supply of nicotine patches costing the Government $42 million. It took several days before the Centre's Custodial Officers and the TRG (tactical response group) finally resumed control. Woodford Correction Centre has since changed its non-smoking policy
Scott Lawrence Topping, 22, was serving time for $1200 worth of unpaid traffic fines when he was murdered inside Woodford Correctional Centre, Queensland, on 12 September 1997. Topping had three weeks left to serve before his release.
He would be the First person to be Murdered by inmates in Woodford Correction Centre.
the term “One day someone on fines will top themselves” is in reference to the murder of Scott Topping in Prison.
Mark Day was convicted of strangling 22 year old Scott Topping at Woodford prison. Ironically Mark Day was himself Murdered in a prison in 2003.
At the Time of the Murder of Scott Topping, the security CCTV systems were not fully operational.