US prisons operator begins $750,000-a-day contract for Nauru offshore regime

Previously accused of egregious' security failures, MTC will be paid $47.3m to oversee detention of 111 refugees and asylum seekers for two months

• Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

The private prisons operator now in charge of Australia's offshore processing regime on Nauru will be paid more than three-quarters of a million dollars every day to provide garrison and welfare services" for a little over 100 people.

The US-based Management and Training Corporation (MTC) - a company previously accused in US courts of gross negligence'' and egregious" security failures - has been awarded a contract for $47.3m covering just 62 days of work on the Pacific island.

Sign up for our free morning newsletter and afternoon email to get your daily news roundup