Correctional worker COVID-19 vaccination requirements

Workers in correctional settings must be fully vaccinated. Workers must supply evidence of their vaccination status to their employer and the correctional setting.

Correctional setting workers

Correctional setting workers are anyone who works in, undertakes an educational placement in or volunteers in a correctional or detention facility, such as a prison or youth detention centre. This includes:

• corrections or youth detention centre staff
• medical officers, psychologists or mental health workers in a correctional setting
• administrative staff in a correctional setting
• teachers in a correctional setting
• chaplains visiting correctional settings
• support works, such as cleaning or landscaping staff, that work in a correctional setting
• an employee of a company that supplies services to a correctional setting, such as plumbing, electrical and building services.

Visitors to correctional settings

Visitors to prisons are required to be fully vaccinated.