Wilson Security guards handcuffed asylum seeker boy on Nauru as a 'joke'

Report about four guards' treatment of eight-year-old boy in detention contradicts Wilson's bosses who told the Senate the use of restraints is 'very rare'

Four Wilson Security guards used a "cable tie" to handcuff an eight-year-old asylum seeker boy on Nauru as "a joke", an apparent contradiction of Wilson's bosses who told the Senate the use of restraints is a "very rare" response used only after a situation has escalated.

A Wilson Security incident report from December 2013, seen by Guardian Australia, states that the boy, then aged eight, was in the recreation tent area of the family camp on Nauru.