Federal officials grilled over Nauru detention contract The government has faced questions at a Senate inquiry over a more-than $700,000 agreement with a company linked to Nauru's president. AAP · May 4
Company handling Australia’s immigration detention playing key role in Trump’s ICE migrant crackdown Albanese government awarded contracts to MTC despite allegations of ‘gross negligence’ in the US The Guardian - AU · Jan 29
Asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip meals The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2025
US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract Exclusive: A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of control’ The Guardian - AU · Sep 28, 2025
Parklea correctional centre to return to public hands as NSW reverses ‘failed prison for profit model’ Minns government says contract with prison operator MTC Australia will end in late 2026 The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2025
Labor to pay $2.3bn to controversial US prison operator subsidiary to run onshore detention Exclusive: Secure Journeys, a local subsidiary of Management & Training Corporation, will begin operating the centres from early 2025 The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2024
Risk reduction focus after two deaths at private prison Two inmates have died at a NSW prison since the start of 2024, focusing attention on the removal of hanging points in jails in a bid to make prisons safer. AAP · Feb 7, 2024
US operator accused of ‘gross negligence’ wins $420m contract to manage Australia’s asylum processing on Nauru Scandal-plagued US firm MTC will be responsible for ‘garrison and welfare’ of around 70 asylum seekers on Pacific island The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2023
Sydney prison officers on two-day strike Prison officers at a maximum security western Sydney correctional facility are set to go on a 48-hour strike as they demand better safety conditions. AAP · Dec 15, 2022