List of Australian immigration detention facilities

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.

A sign at the entrance of the former Baxter Detention Cent, taken in 2006.
Asylum seekers protesting against detention at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre on 22 April 2011.
The entrance of the Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre, taken in April 2003, following closure of the Centre.

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 offshore
Facility Status Classification Managed Opened Closed Capacity
nominal; [surge]		 Location
Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing CentreClosedMaximumAustralasian Correctional Management (G4S subsidiary)September 2002August 2007660; [220]Cultana, South Australia
Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing CentreOperationalMaximumG4S,[1] then Serco2001-2008 (temporary), 2008-present800 [688]Christmas Island
Cocos Island Contingency Reception CentreClosedMaximumAustralasian Correctional Management (G4S subsidiary)September 2001March 2002West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Curtin Immigration Reception and Processing CentreClosedMaximumSercoApril 2010 (reopened)September 20141,500RAAF Curtin, Western Australia
Darwin Alternative Place of DetentionOpening [2]MediumDepartment of Immigration and Border Protection585Darwin Airport, Northern Territory
Inverbrackie Alternative Place of DetentionClosedMediumSerco18 December 2010Mid 2014400Woodside, South Australia
Leonora Alternative Place of Detention[3]ClosedMediumSerco20102014210Leonora, Western Australia
Manus Regional Processing Centre[4]ClosedMaximumG4S, then Broadspectrum with security subcontracted to Wilson Security[5]2001–2004, 2012– October 201731 October 20171100[6]Los Negros Island, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
East Lorengau Refugee Transit CentreOperationalMediumSecurity and some services by Paladin Group2017213[7] or possibly 280[8]Lorengau, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
West Lorengau HausOperationalMediumSecurity and some services by Paladin Group2018111[7]Lorengau, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
Hillside HausOperationalMediumSecurity and some services by Paladin Group201898[7]Lorengau, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
Maribyrnong Immigration Detention CentreClosed[9]MaximumGlobal Solutions (former G4S subsidiary).[10]1983201875; [5]Maribyrnong, Victoria
Nauru Regional Processing CentreOperationalMaximumBroadspectrum with security subcontracted to Wilson Security,[11][5] and then later Canstruct (Oct 2017 - Nov 2018)2001–2008, 2012–present[12]1,200Nauru
Northern Immigration Detention CentreOperationalMaximumDepartment of Immigration and Border ProtectionAugust 2001382; [164]Coonawarra, Northern Territory
Perth Immigration Detention CentreOperationalMaximumDepartment of Immigration and Border Protection198155; [9]Perth Airport, Western Australia
Pontville Immigration Detention Centre[3]ClosedMediumSercoAugust 2011September 2013400Brighton Army Camp, Pontville, Tasmania
Port Augusta Immigration Residential Housing[3]ClosedMediumSerco2010201464Port Augusta, South Australia
Port Hedland Immigration Reception and Processing CentreClosedMaximumAustralasian Correctional Management (G4S subsidiary)1991April 2003600Port Hedland, Western Australia
Scherger Immigration Detention Centre[3]ClosedMaximumSerco20102014596RAAF Scherger, Queensland
Sydney Immigration Residential HousingOperationalMediumSerco[13]200648Villawood, New South Wales
Villawood Immigration Detention CentreOperationalMaximumSerco[14]1981510; [190]Villawood, New South Wales
Wickham Point Immigration Detention CentreClosedMaximumDepartment of Immigration and Border Protection8 December 2011July 20161,000Wickham, Northern Territory
Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing CentreClosedMaximumAustralasian Correctional Management (G4S subsidiary)November 1999April 20031,500Woomera, South Australia
Yongah Hill Immigration Detention CentreOperationalMaximumSerco[15]27 June 2012600Northam, Western Australia

References
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  4. "Manus Regional Processing Centre". Australian Border Force. Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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  7. "Cashing in on refugees, duo make $20 million a month at Manus Island". Australian Financial Review. 10 February 2019.
  8. Ben Doherty (18 May 2017). "'Welcome to Lorengau': reality of detention camp on Manus belies holiday-style brochure". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  9. "Government shuts Maribyrnong immigration detention centre, citing fall in numbers". The Guardian.
  10. "Global Solutions Ltd – Corporate Watch". corporatewatch.org.
  11. "Nauru Manus Island Fact Sheet" (PDF). Wilson Security. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  12. Nauru Regional Processing Centre
  13. "2011 Immigration Detention at Villawood, Section 4" (PDF). www.humanrights.gov.au. Australian Human Rights Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  14. "NZer who died in detention centre 'had black eyes'". 5 April 2016.
  15. Davidson, Helen (18 September 2018). the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/18/guard-at-western-australia-immigration-centre-accused-of-sexual-assault. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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