This is a list of current and former Australian immigration detention facilities. Immigration detention facilities are used to house people in immigration detention, and people detained under the Pacific Solution, and Operation Sovereign Borders.
Most facilities were operated by Australasian Correctional Management (a subsidiary of G4S) under contract from the Department of Immigration until 2003, when ACM exited the market. Between 2003 and 2009, G4S was appointed as the contractor to manage a large number of facilities. Its contract was not renewed and in 2009 Serco Australia was awarded a five-year contract. The offshore processing centres on Nauru and Manus were operated by Broadspectrum (formerly known as Transfield Services), with security sub-contracted to Wilson Security, and later by Canstruct International. The new centres in Lorengau have security by Paladin Group.
Australian government immigration detention centres in Australia and offshoreFacilityStatusClassificationManagedOpened Closed Capacitynominal; [surge] Location Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Closed Maximum Australasian Correctional Management (G4S subsidiary) September 2002 August 2007 660; Cultana, South Australia Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Operational Maximum G4Sserco and mss security sec s10, then Serco 2001–2008 (temporary), 2008–present 800; Christmas Island Cocos Island Contingency Reception Centre Closed Maximum Australasian Correctional Management (G4S subsidiary)serco and mss security September 2001 March 2002 West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands Curtin Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Closed Maximum Serco subcontractors mss security April 2010 (reopened) September 2014 1,500 RAAF Curtin, Western Australia Darwin Alternative Place of Detention Opening Medium Department of Immigration and Border Protection 585 Darwin Airport, Northern Territory Inverbrackie Alternative Place of Detention Closed Medium Serco 18 December 2010 Mid 2014 400 Woodside, South Australia Leonora Alternative Place of Detention Closed Medium Serco 2010 2014 210 Leonora, Western Australia Manus Regional Processing Centre Closed Maximum G4S, then Broadspectrum with security subcontracted to Wilson Security 2001–2004, 2012– October 2017 31 October 2017 1100 Los Negros Island, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea East Lorengau Refugee Transit Centre Operational Medium Security and some services by Paladin Group 2017 213 or possibly 280 Lorengau, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea West Lorengau Haus Operational Medium Security and some services by Paladin Group 2018 111 Lorengau, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea Hillside Haus Operational Medium Security and some services by Paladin Group 2018 98 Lorengau, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre Closed Maximum Global Solutions (former G4S subsidiary). 1983 2018 75; Maribyrnong, Victoria Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation Open ? Serco 2008 396 Broadmeadows, Victoria Nauru Regional Processing Centre Operational Maximum Broadspectrum with security subcontracted to Wilson Security, and then later Canstruct (October 2017 – November 2018) 2001–2008, 2012–presentNauru Regional Processing Centre 1,200 Nauru Northern Immigration Detention Centre Operational Maximum Department of Immigration and Border Protection August 2001 382; Coonawarra, Northern Territory Perth Immigration Detention Centre Operational Maximum Department of Immigration and Border Protection 1981 55; Perth Airport, Western Australia Pontville Immigration Detention Centre Closed Medium Serco August 2011 September 2013 400 Brighton Army Camp, Pontville, Tasmania Port Augusta Immigration Residential Housing Closed Medium Serco 2010 2014 64 Port Augusta, South Australia Port Hedland Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Closed Maximum Australasian Correctional Management (G4S subsidiary) 1991 April 2003 600 Port Hedland, Western Australia Scherger Immigration Detention Centre Closed Maximum Serco 2010 2014 596 RAAF Scherger, Queensland Sydney Immigration Residential Housing Operational Medium Serco 2006 48 Villawood, New South Wales Villawood Immigration Detention Centre Operational Maximum Serco 1981 510; Villawood, New South Wales Wickham Point Immigration Detention Centre Closed Maximum Department of Immigration and Border Protection 8 December 2011 July 2016 1,000 Wickham, Northern Territory Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Closed Maximum Australasian Correctional Management (G4S subsidiary) November 1999 April 2003 1,500 Woomera, South Australia Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre Operational Maximum Serco 27 June 2012 600 Northam, Western Australia
References
External links Department of Immigration and Border Protection: About immigration detention