A prisoner has been taken to hospital a day after catching a package dropped into a Queensland jail by a drone.

An officer spotted the drone over an exercise yard of the Capricornia Correctional Centre in central Queensland about 1.45pm on Christmas Day.

A prisoner caught the package of contraband but it was confiscated and the centre immediately put into lockdown, according to corrections authorities.

A second contraband package was dropped into the same area of the prison by drone shortly after the centre was locked down.

Prisoners remained in lockdown while the facility was searched.