A prisoner is on the run after a shock tractor escape from a correctional facility in Far North Queensland on Sunday morning.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Townsville. Followed categories will be added to My News. Johnathon Joseph Barry, 21, and John William Zaro, 35, were both taken into custody at separate ...

Police are warning the public assistance not to approach the 24-year-old man who escaped from Townsville Correctional Centre on Saturday, July 13. He is described as Aboriginal, approximately ...

Townsville Correctional Centre. Picture: Zak Simmonds The prison has come under fire from corrective services staff multiple times in the past two years due to poor management of staff morale ...

A Queensland Corrective Services spokeswoman confirmed two prisoners from the Townsville prison farm attempted to escape before 5.30am. The spokeswoman said a “vigilant neighbour” spotted the ...

UPDATE: The third prisoner who allegedly escaped from Townsville Correctional Centre four days ago has turned himself in at Kirwan Police Station. Here’s the latest. Police located alleged ...

DALLAS WAYNE who absconded from Townsville Correctional Centre Low Custody on 22 November 2023. RYAN, TRENT DARBY is currently serving 1 year 3 months for Assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Deputy State Coroner Stephanie Gallagher was presiding over a two-week inquest into the death in custody of Selesa Tafaifa, 44, who died at the Townsville Women’s Correctional Centre in November ...