Detention centres have turned into our own Gulag

Detention centres have turned into our own Gulag

Australia’s immigration detention centres are not jails,but a new investigation suggests they resemble a tragic and tawdry prison drama.

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‘I cannot breathe’:Violence,excessive force plagues immigration detention
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Detention Secrets

‘I cannot breathe’:Violence,excessive force plagues immigration detention

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.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Serco officer charged as rampant drug use in detention centres exposed

Serco officer charged as rampant drug use in detention centres exposed

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.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Released detainees have done their time. Let them be

Released detainees have done their time. Let them be

The only reason the detainees were in immigration detention was because they did not have a visa – not because they were serving a sentence.

  • bySanmati Verma
Seven of 32 detainees released into WA community are known sex offenders

Seven of 32 detainees released into WA community are known sex offenders

Seven of the 32 detainees released in WA this week were known sex offenders who had reportable conditions placed on them upon their release.

  • byHamish Hastie
The uninterrupted failure of Banksia Hill – and what WA should do about it

The uninterrupted failure of Banksia Hill – and what WA should do about it

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.

  • byGerry Georgatos
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Indigenous teen Cleveland Dodd was ‘let down’:Roger Cook

Indigenous teen Cleveland Dodd was ‘let down’:Roger Cook

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.

  • byAaron Bunch
Nauru doctor:Where did all the millions go?

Nauru doctor:Where did all the millions go?

Chris Jones was kicked off Nauru for treating his patients with too much care. He believes he was interrupting Nauru politicians’ business model.

  • byMichael Bachelard,Nick McKenzie andAmelia Ballinger
Minister invokes corruption watchdog over offshore detention scandal

Minister invokes corruption watchdog over offshore detention scandal

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said claims of improper use of taxpayer dollars by companies contracted by the department were deeply concerning.

  • byAngus Thompson
Offshore detention scandal to send aftershocks across the Pacific

Offshore detention scandal to send aftershocks across the Pacific

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.

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Terminally ill WA man wins fight to stop deportation to country he doesn’t know

Terminally ill WA man wins fight to stop deportation to country he doesn’t know

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.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt