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Officer suspended over inmate romance put up for award A prison officer suspended over allegations of having a relationship with a prisoner has been nominated for a council Australia Day award.
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Subscriber only A TOWNSVILLE prison officer suspended over allegations of having a relationship with a prisoner has been nominated for a council Australia Day award. The name of the suspended Townsville Correctional Centre officer was thrown in the ring for Burdekin Shire Council s awards, where it recognises members of the community who made an outstanding contribution to the community. He was stood down mid last year over allegations of having a relationship with a prisoner.
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Subscriber only WOMEN at the Townsville Correctional Centre are helping to give their own children, and others, the best possible start to the school year while learning new skills of their own. Yesterday, mothers in the centre were granted the opportunity to meet with their kids and hand over special library bags full of stationery they made themselves. The women have been learning sewing skills as part of an initiative of the Joyful Foundation and putting them to good use by creating the packs. President Grace Vigar helped female inmates at Townsville Correctional Centre deliver school packs they made for children. PICTURE: MATT TAYLOR.
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Subscriber only A woman found guilty of helping her fugitive son flee the country one month before his drug smuggling trial began will spend Christmas behind bars while she awaits sentence. Elizabeth Anne Turner, 66, was due to be sentenced in the Brisbane District Court today after a jury found her guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice and three counts of perjury. But this afternoon her defence lawyer Alex Jones successfully applied to have the sentence pushed back six weeks after agreeing that Turner would be taken into custody to await sentence. There is further material that we would like to acquire, Mr Jones said.