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 were operated by Australasian Correctional Management under contract from the Department of Immigration And Citizenship (DIAC) until 2003, when ACM exited the market. Between 2003 and 2009, Global Solutions Limited was appointed as the contractor to manage a large number of facilities. Its contract was not renewed and, in 2009, Serco Australia Pty. Limited was awarded a five-year contract.

A sign at the entrance of the former Baxter Detention Centre, 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.
Australian government immigration detention centres in Australia and offshore
Prison Status Classification Managed Opened Closed Capacity
nominal; [surge]		 Location
Adelaide Immigration Transit Accommodation Operational Maximum Department of Immigration and Citizenship January 2011 25 Kilburn, South Australia
Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Closed Maximum Australasian Correctional Management September 2002 August 2007 660; [220] Port Augusta, South Australia
Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation Operational Maximum Department of Immigration and Citizenship 2007 58 Brisbane, Queensland
Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Operational Maximum Serco Australia Pty. Limited 2008 (temp. 2001–2008) 800 [688] Christmas Island
Cocos Island Contingency Reception Centre Closed Maximum Australasian Correctional Management September 2001 March 2002 West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Curtin Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Operational Maximum Serco Australia Pty. Limited April 2010 (reopened) 1,500 RAAF Curtin, Western Australia
Darwin Alternative Places of Detention Operational Medium Department of Immigration and Citizenship 585 Darwin Airport, Northern Territory
Inverbrackie Alternative Places of Detention Operational Medium Serco Australia Pty. Limited 18 December 2010 400 Woodside, South Australia
Leonora Alternative Place of Detention Operational Medium Serco Australia Pty. Limited June 2010 210 Leonora, Western Australia
Manus Island Regional Processing Centre Operational Maximum Transfield Services 2001–2004, 2012– 1100[1] Manus Island, Papua New Guinea
Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre Operational Maximum Global Solutions Limited 1983 75; [5] Maribyrnong, Victoria
Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation Operational Maximum Department of Immigration and Citizenship 144 Broadmeadows, Victoria
Nauru Detention Centre Operational Maximum Transfield Services 2001-2008, 2012- [2] 1,200 Nauru
Northern Immigration Detention Centre Operational Maximum Department of Immigration and Citizenship August 2001 382; [164] Coonawarra, Northern Territory
Perth Immigration Detention Centre Operational Maximum Department of Immigration and Citizenship 1981 55; [9] Perth Airport, Western Australia
Perth Immigration Residential Housing Operational Medium Serco Australia Pty. Limited 2007 16 Redcliffe, Western Australia
Port Augusta Immigration Residential Housing Operational Medium Serco Australia Pty. Limited 2010 (reopened) 64 Port Augusta, South Australia
Port Hedland Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Closed Maximum Australasian Correctional Management 1991 April 2003 600 Port Hedland, Western Australia
Scherger Immigration Detention Centre Operational Maximum Serco Australia Pty. Limited October 2010 596 RAAF Scherger, Queensland
Sydney Immigration Residential Housing Operational Medium Serco Australia Pty. Limited 2006 48 Villawood, New South Wales
Villawood Immigration Detention Centre Operational Maximum Department of Immigration and Citizenship 1981 510; [190] Villawood, New South Wales
Wickham Point Immigration Detention Centre Operational Maximum Department of Immigration and Citizenship 8 December 2011 1,000 Wickham Point, Northern Territory
Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Closed Maximum Australasian Correctional Management November 1999 April 2003 1,500 Woomera, South Australia
Yongah Hill (Northam) Immigration Detention Centre Operational Maximum Serco Australia Pty. Limited 27 June 2012 600 Northam, Western Australia
Total capacity 6,518; [1,271] (current)

References

  1. ↑ ""The truth about Manus Island"". "Amnesty International". Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  2. ↑ "Nauru detention centre". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2013-07-25.