Escapes, fires, stabbing: catastrophic security failures revealed in Australia’s immigration detention network

Exclusive: prison multinational MTC uses a ‘minimalist staffing model’ that critics say is putting detainees and staff in serious danger Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A series of catastrophic security failures involving the US private prison company running Australia’s immigration detention centres has allowed the escape of high-risk detainees, caused ill-equipped staff to be stabbed and hospitalised, and triggered multiple investigations, one of which warned i...

By Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle