Australia’s immigration detention centres are not jails,but a new investigation suggests they resemble a tragic and tawdry prison drama.
Understaffing and violence are the latest problems revealed in immigration detention centres,with a UN expert now calling for an investigation into the privately run system.
Authorities admit illicit drugs have infiltrated the detention centre network,and that some guards are turning a blind eye to detainees growing marijuana in their rooms.
The only reason the detainees were in immigration detention was because they did not have a visa – not because they were serving a sentence.
Seven of the 32 detainees released in WA this week were known sex offenders who had reportable conditions placed on them upon their release.
We need respectable bedrooms for our neediest children,not grotesque stir-crazy jail cells,or we risk the next generation being even worse off than the current.
Premier Roger Cook said Corrective Services did not have enough resources. “We’re hamstrung by infrastructure. We’re hamstrung by availability of staff,” he said following the tragic death of the teenager in custody.
Chris Jones was kicked off Nauru for treating his patients with too much care. He believes he was interrupting Nauru politicians’ business model.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said claims of improper use of taxpayer dollars by companies contracted by the department were deeply concerning.
The exposure of suspect payments and allegations of bribery and money laundering in the offshore detention program imperils Australia’s position as a trusted influence among Pacific nations.
Robert Taylor was diagnosed with cancer while awaiting deportation back to a country he left when he was 10 months old. He will be allowed to return home to Manjimup.