Kairos Inside Southern Queensland
About Us
The Southern Queensland Correctional Centre (SQCC) at Gatton opened in January 2012 and was the first completed stage of the Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct. The plan was to build a 300-bed Women’s and a 1,000-bed Men’s Prison in this Precinct, however plans changed.
The first residents of SQCC were men, transferred from the “temporarily decommissioned” Borallon Correctional Centre, near Ipswich, in January 2012. On 3 July 2018, the Queensland Government announced its plan to open a new private women’s prison, by converting SQCC from a men’s prison into a women’s prison. Men at SQCC were transferred predominately to reconditioned Borallon.
In 2020 the Queensland Government announced the construction of the 1,536 bed high security men’s prison and this is expected to open in 2024. While all this was happening the management of SQCC was also changed.
From 2012 – 2019 the SQCC was managed by the private Management service, Serco, until Queensland Correctional Services (QCC) resumed management. As you can imagine, Kairos Inside’s involvement at SQCC has also changed a lot since the prison opened.
Initially we conducted Kairos Inside Short Courses for Men very successfully. When men moved out and women moved in, we continued to present Kairos to the Women, until QCC took over the management.
Since then we have not been able to present Kairos Courses but continue to seek God’s timing to do so.
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To contact the Southern Queensland Regional Committee please use the emails listed below or use the contact box at the bottom of this page.
Chair of the Regional Committee
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Treasurer
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Kairos Inside Prayer Vigil
We encourage any Christians to join us in prayer for those to whom we share Jesus in the prison. It is a wonderful thing for the inmates attending to see that so many people who do not even know them, are upholding them in prayer 24 hours a day during the week. Please add your name as many times as you wish.
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To donate directly to Southern Queensland Region, please use the following bank details:
Name: Kairos Prison Ministry Australia Southern Queensland
Bank: Westpac Bank
BSB: 032 285
Account: 589 723
Reference: Your name
Please let us know if you make a donation by using the contact box below or emailing our Treasurer on the email listed below so that we can send you a receipt.
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