Kia Carnival escape one of 12 since US firm took control of Australian immigration detention, damning report finds
by Ariel Bogle and Christopher Knaus from World news | The Guardian on (#744E5)
Staffing levels at centres critical' under Management and Training Corporation, prisons watchdog says
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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).
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