Workers accuse new company managing Australia’s immigration detention centres of running them ‘like a prison’

Exclusive: Critical incidents and workplace safety concerns have increased in the 10 months since MTC took over management of the centres, staff claimGet our , or Australia’s new onshore immigration detention operator has been accused by workers and their union of unsafe and “deliberate” levels of understaffing, as the number of critical incidents increase in the centres.This sharp reduction in staffing levels has prompted a rare public intervention from the Australian government, which said it was aware of “concerns” about its primary immigration detention contractor and signalled it has raised the issue with the company.