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 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 Multicultural Affairs (DIMA).

Australian Immigration detention centres
Facility	Status	Classification	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre	Operational	?	Australasian Correctional Management	?	-	660 (nominal); additional 220 (surge)	Port Augusta
Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre	Operational	?	?	?	-	104 (nominal); additional 104 (surge)	Christmas Island
Cocos Island Contingency Reception Centre	Operational	?	?	?	-	?	West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Curtin Detention Centre	Closed	?	?	?	-	?	RAAF Base Curtin, Derby, Western Australia
Darwin Immigration Detention Facility	Operational	?	?	?	-	?	Darwin
Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre	Operational	?	?	?	-	75 (nominal); additional 5 (surge)	Maribyrnong
Nauru Detention Centre	Operational	?	?	?	-	?	Nauru
Perth Immigration Detention Centre	Operational	?	?	?	-	55 (nominal); additional 9 (surge)	Redcliffe
Phosphate Hill Immigration Reception and Processing Centre	Closed	?	?	2001	?	500 (nominal)	Christmas Island
Port Augusta Residential Housing Project	Operational	?	?	?	-	40 (nominal); additional 8 (surge)	Port Augusta
Port Hedland Immigration Reception and Processing Centre	Closed	?	?	?	?	?	Port Hedland
Villawood Immigration Detention Centre	Operational	?	GSL	?	-	510 (nominal); additional 190 (surge)	Villawood
Woomera Detention Centre	Closed	?	?	1999	2003	?	Woomera
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