Kia Carnival escape one of 12 since US firm took control of Australian immigration detention, damning report finds

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Mar 10, 2026 - 03:45

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Kia Carnival escape one of 12 since US firm took control of Australian immigration detention, damning report finds

Staffing levels at centres ‘critical’ under Management and Training Corporation, prisons watchdog says

At least 12 escapes have occurred since a US private prison operator began running Australia’s immigration detention network, including by a high-risk detainee who was mistakenly placed in an unsecured Kia Carnival with a makeshift weapon, a scathing report has found.

The prisons watchdog, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), on Tuesday released a damning report about the running of the onshore immigration detention centres during their transition to Management and Training Corporation (MTC). Continue reading...