Name of General Manager 

Peter Owens (Director)

Year of Establishment

1980

Postal Address

27-79 Old Common Road

BELGIAN GARDENS, Qld, 4810

Street Address

27-79 Old Common Road,

Belgian Gardens , Qld, 4810

How to Get There

Public transport:

Car:

Phone no. 

(07) 4421 5222

Population

Capacity

112

Number of Staff

Health Care Services

Education and Skill Development

The centre has a mentoring program

Level of Security

When entering a centre you must:

• show proof of identification at each visit
• enter through the metal detector
• give us any items you want to bring in to be x-rayed.

Banned item and restricted items 

Items not allowed in youth detention centres

• weapons/firearms
• explosives/ammunition
• knives / pocketknives / multi tools
• other cutting/sharp-edged item or material
• metal cutlery / utensils / scissors
• rope/cord
• non-prescribed or illegal drugs or drug-related items
• cigarettes
• lighters/matches
• keys
• alcohol or flammable substances
• aerosol sprays (non-medication)
• pornographic material

Restricted items

• mobile telephones
• laptop computers/tablets
• cameras or equipment with built-in cameras
• recording equipment
• DVDs, CDs and video cassettes
• USB devices and other electronic storage media
• hand luggage or briefcases
• reusable containers larger than 750ml

Availability of Activities

Contact with Outside World

Phone calls are limited to 120 minutes each week.

General Visiting hours:

Professional (child lawyer) visiting hours:

When visiting a youth detention centre, you can’t bring:

• food for your child
• gifts
• banned items like cigarettes or drugs.

Families can bring coins to use in the visits centre vending machines. Food you buy from the vending machines can be shared with your child only while they are in the visits centre.

Youth detention centres have rules about what you can wear when you visit. You can’t wear:

• clothing that has obscene or discriminatory words on it
• shirts without sleeves, including tank tops and singlets
• short skirts or short shorts
• very tight clothing
• clothing that you can see through
• clothing that is revealing.

You must wear closed-in shoes at all times. Stiletto heels are not allowed.

You may wear minimal jewellery.

Time Out of Cell

Additional Remarks