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"A series of catastrophic security failures involving the US private prison
company running Australia’s immigration detention centres has allowed the
escape of high-risk detainees, caused ill-equipped staff to be stabbed and
hospitalised, and triggered multiple investigations, one of which warned its
“minimalist staffing model” was putting workers and detainees at risk.
Guardian Australia can reveal that in September 2025, just six months after
Management and Training Corporation assumed control of onshore detention, the
home affairs minister, Tony Burke, was forced to haul in the company’s
president from the US to dress him down in a secret face-to-face meeting.
MTC won a $2.3bn contract to run onshore detention from last year under its
local subsidiary Secure Journeys, a deal struck despite serious concerns about
MTC’s track record in the US and at Parklea prison in Sydney."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
