A private overseas prison company has been fined for a series of catastrophic security and safety failures at an Australian detention centre, but the government will not reveal details.
The company running Villawood Detention Centre, Secure Journeys, has been criticised for alleged mismanagement since it took over onshore detention facilities in 2025 under a $2.3 billion contract despite concerns about previous incidents at Sydney's Parklea prison.
Staff of the US-owned company, which operates globally as Management and Training Corporation, were sent to hospital in September after trying to enter a burning Villawood room with no protective equipment.
A detainee had locked themselves in a room and started a fire, Border Force Commissioner Gavan Reynolds told a Senate inquiry on Thursday.
