SocietyStabbings, overdoses and fires reported at Australian immigration detention centres

Internal documents show violence, drug use, an overdose and multiple fires at Melbourne and Villawood immigration detention centres. Workplace safety regulator Comcare warned that the federal government may be breaching laws intended to protect staff and detainees. The centres are run by a private US prison company linked to ICE.

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