Each of these Detention Centres have been used to house individuals in immigration detention. The centres were originally run by Australasian Correctional Management, until 2003 when it switched and G4S was appointed as contractor. In 2009 it switches again, and Serco Australia was given a five-year contract. Offshore detention centres on Nauru and Manus were managed by Broad-spectrum. There have been numerous incidents with private security companies abusing their power by means of sexual assault and bribery (and more) within the centres, so it is no surprise the contracts change so often.
Looking at all of the Detention centres both past and present, 11 out of 24 are operational, 15 were considered maximum security and the total capacity of detention in Australia is 12,774.
Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
Location: Cultana, South Australia
Opened: September 2002
Closed: August 2007
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 660
Managed By: Australasian Correctional Management
Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
Location: Christmas Island
Opened: 2001-2008 (temporarily), then again in 2008
Closed: N/A
Current Status: Operational
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 800
Managed By: Serco
Cocos Island Contingency Reception Centre
Location: West Island, Cocos Islands
Opened: September 2001
Closed: March 2002
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Maximum
Managed By: Australasian Correctional Management
Curtin Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
Location: Curtin, Western Australia
Opened: April 2010
Closed: September 2014
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 1,500
Managed By: Serco
Darwin Alternative Place of Detention
Location: Darwin Airport, Northern Territory
Opened: Set to Open Soon
Closed: N/A
Current Status: Opening Soon
Classification: Medium
Capacity: 585
Managed By: Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Inverbrackie Alternative Place of Detention
Location: Woodside, South Australia
Opened: December 2010
Closed: June 2014
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Medium
Capacity: 400
Managed By: Serco
Leonora Alternative Place of Detention
Location: Leonora, Western Australia
Opened: 2010
Closed: 2014
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Medium
Capacity: 210
Managed By: Serco
Manus Regional Processing Centre
Location: Los Negros Island, Manus Province, Papaua New Guinea
Opened: 2001-2004, reopened in 2012
Closed: October 2017
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 1100
Managed By: Broadspectrum
East Lorengau Refugee Transit Centre
Location: Lorengau, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
Opened: 2017
Closed: N/A
Current Status: Operational
Classification: Medium
Capacity: 280
Managed By: Paladin Group
West Lorengau Haus
Location: Lorengau, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
Opened: 2018
Closed: N/A
Current Status: Operational
Classification: Medium
Capacity: 111
Managed By: Paladin Group
Hillside Haus
Location: Lorengau, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
Opened: 2018
Closed: N/A
Current Status: Operational
Classification: Medium
Capacity: 98
Managed By: Paladin Group
Maribynong Immigration Detention Centre
Location: Maribynong, Victoria
Opened: 1983
Closed: 2018
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 75
Managed By: Global Solutions
Nauru Regional Processing Centre
Location: Nauru
Opened: 2001-2008, and then reopened in 2012
Closed: N/A
Current Status: Operational
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 1,200
Managed By: Broadspectrum
Northern Immigration Detention Centre
Location: Coonwarra, Northern Territory
Opened: August 2001
Closed: N/A
Current Status: Operational
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 382
Managed By: Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Perth Immigration Detention Centre
Location: Perth Airport, Western Australia
Opened: 1981
Closed: N/A
Current Status: Operational
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 55
Managed By: Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Pontville Immigration Detention Centre
Location: Bright Army Camp, Pontville, Tasmania
Opened: August 2011
Closed: September 2013
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Medium
Capacity: 400
Managed By: Serco
Port Augusta Immigration Residential Housing
Location: Port Augusta, South Australia
Opened: 2010
Closed: 2014
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Medium
Capacity: 64
Managed By: Serco
Port Hedland Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
Location: Port Hedland, Western Australia
Opened: 1991
Closed: April 2003
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 600
Managed By: Australasian Correctional Management
Schreger Immigration Detention Centre
Location: Schreger, Queensland
Opened: 2010
Closed: 2014
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 596
Managed By: Serco
Sydney Immigration Residential Housing
Location: Villawood, New South Wales
Opened: 2006
Closed: N/A
Current Status: Operational
Classification: Medium
Capacity: 48
Managed By: Serco
Villawood Immigration Detention Centre
Location: Villawood, New South Wales
Opened: 1981
Closed: N/A
Current Status: Operational
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 510
Managed By: Serco
Wickham Point Immigration Detention Centre
Location: Wickham, Northern Territory
Opened: December 2011
Closed: July 2016
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 1,000
Managed By: Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
Location: Woomera, South Australia
Opened: November 1999
Closed: April 2003
Current Status: Closed
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 1,5000
Managed By: Australasian Correctional Management
Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre
Location: Northam, Western Australia
Opened: June 2012
Closed: N/A
Current Status: Operational
Classification: Maximum
Capacity: 600
Managed By: Serco
