Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre or commonly just Baxter Detention Centre, is an Australian immigration detention facility near the town of Port Augusta in South Australia. It is the focus of much of the controversy concerning the mandatory detention of asylum seekers in Australia. It is located on part of the site of the Australian Defence Force's El Alamein Barracks and became operational in September 2002.
Construction
The Centre was built by Thiess Constructions Proprietary Ltd, in partnership with Australasian Correctional Management (ACM). ACM and Thiess were chosen by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. Australasian Correctional Management is responsible for the administration of the Centre.
See also
- Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
- List_of_Australian_prisons_and_detention_centres
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