Kia Carnival escape one of 12 since US firm took control of Australian immigration detention, damning report finds

<p>Staffing levels at centres ‘critical’ under Management and Training Corporation, prisons watchdog says </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/10/iran-football-team-tony-burke-anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-coalition-oil-price-inflation-federal-parliament-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>At least 12 escapes have occurred since a US private prison operator began running Australia’s immigration detention network, including by a high-risk detainee who was mistakenly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/28/australia-immigration-kia-carnival-transport-detainees-ntwnfb">placed in an unsecured Kia Carnival with a makeshift weapon</a>, a scathing report has found.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/dec/15/australia-ratifies-un-protocol-agreeing-to-mainland-detention-centre-inspections">prisons watchdog</a>, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), on Tuesday released a damning report about the running of the onshore immigration detention centres during their transition to Management and Training Corporation (MTC).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/10/australian-immigration-detention-escapes">Continue reading...</a>

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