List of Australian immigration detention facilities
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This is a list of current and former Australian immigration detention facilities. Immigration detention facilities are used to house people who are detained under Australia’s policy of mandatory detention and the Pacific Solution. Most facilities are operated by Australasian Correctional Management under contract from the Department of Immigration And Citizenship (DIAC).
| Australian Immigration detention centres | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility | Status | Classification | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
| Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre | Closed | ? | Australasian Correctional Management | Sept. 2002 | August 2007 | 660 (nominal); additional 220 (surge) | Port Augusta |
| Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre | Operational | ? | Serco Australia | 2008 | - | 400 (nominal); additional 688 (surge); 1088 total | Christmas Island |
| Cocos Island Contingency Reception Centre | Operational | ? | ? | Sept. 2001 | March 2002 | ? | West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Curtin Detention Centre | Closed/Reopened | ? | Serco Australia | April 2010 | - | 300 | RAAF Base Curtin, Derby, Western Australia |
| Northern Immigration Detention Centre at Darwin | Operational | ? | Serco Australia | August 2001 | - | 382 (nominal); additional 164 (surge) | Darwin |
| Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre | Operational | ? | GSL | 1966 | - | 75 (nominal); additional 5 (surge) | Maribyrnong |
| Nauru Detention Centre | Closed | ? | ? | 2001 | 2008 | ? | Nauru |
| Perth Immigration Detention Centre | Operational | ? | Serco Australia | ? | - | 55 (nominal); additional 9 (surge) | Redcliffe |
| Phosphate Hill Immigration Detention Facility | Operational | ? | Serco Australia | 2001 | ? | 238(nominal) | Christmas Island |
| Port Augusta Residential Housing Project | Operational | ? | ? | ? | - | 40 (nominal); additional 8 (surge) | Port Augusta |
| Port Hedland Immigration Reception and Processing Centre | Closed | ? | ACM | 1991 | April 2003 | approx. 600 | Port Hedland |
| Scherger Immigration Detention Centre | Operational | ? | Serco Australia | October 2010 | - | 300 | RAAF Base Scherger, Weipa, Queensland |
| Villawood Immigration Detention Centre | Operational | ? | Serco Australia | 1976 | - | 510 (nominal); additional 190 (surge) | Villawood |
| Woomera Detention Centre | Closed | ? | ACM | November 1999 | April 2003 | approx. 2,000 | Woomera |
| Inverbrackie Alternative Place of Detention | Operational | ? | ? | ? Dec. 2010 | - | 400 (nominal) | Woodside, South Australia |
| Total capacity | - | ||||||
[edit] References
- Australian Government, Department of Immigration and Citizenship
