Queensland's corruption watchdog is set to hand down the findings of its investigation into the state's prisons, including the use of force against inmates.
The Crime and Corruption Commission's Taskforce Flaxton held a number of public hearings between May and November this year to detect, manage and prevent corruption risks in the state's adult prison system.
The hearings heard from a range of stakeholders, including Sisters Inside chief executive Debbie Kilroy who told the task force in May that an independent chief inspectorate for prisons was needed in Queensland.
Ms Kilroy, who was incarcerated in Brisbane's notorious Boggo Road jail before she became an advocate and lawyer, said most female prisoners feared the existing structure because of the repercussions of making a complaint.
The hearings were later told in August that the Queensland Corrective Services department desperately needed to be modernised, with the head of the department's Ethical Standards Unit Andrew Ballantyne saying most of the complaints were still dealt with using paper forms.
Mr Ballantyne said he had inherited nearly 200 complaints when QCS took over running prisons from the Department of Justice, and some of those matters were nearly 200 days old when they landed on his desk.
The CCC launched the task force after receiving increasing numbers of complaints about excessive force being used against inmates.
The task force only looked at adult prisons and the youth justice system did not form part of the review.
Australian Associated Press