Two prisoners on the run in Queensland

Queensland Police are hunting two potentially dangerous men who escaped Townsville Correctional Centre yesterday.

Vaughn Hunter, who was serving time for serious assault, and Fabien Galigan, who was locked up for attacking someone, should not be approached if they are seen, police warned.

Police and Queensland Corrective Services officers are searching for the pair after they absconded from the prison, described on its website as housing high and low-security inmates.

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The 1173-bed prison is located 10km south of Townsville's centre.

Hunter is described as 179cm tall and 61kg and he has a tattoo on his right check and a name on the side of his neck.

Galigan stands 165cm and weighs 55kg. His face is also tattooed.

Police urge anyone who sees the men to contact them immediately.