Australasian Correctional Management
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Australasian Correctional Management (ACM) was a private company owned by Wackenhut
, a subsidiary of multinational security giant Group 4 Securicor
. From 1998 until 2003 ACM was responsible for running at least six Immigration detention centres in Australia. ACM also ran the Auckland Central Remand Prison (ACRP) in New Zealand
from its opening in July 2000 until control reverted to the Public Prisons Service in July 2005 due to the passing of the Corrections Bill 2005 .
ACM attracted strong criticism from the Australian left for alleged abuses of asylum seekers detained in its facilities. This climaxed with the massive Easter 2002 protest at the Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
. This became part of the inspiration for the video game Escape From Woomera
.
Perhaps in part due to bad publicity over the Immigration detention centres ACM handed over the running of these centres to its parent company Group 4 Falck (now Group 4 Securicor
) in 2003. It also changed the name of its New Zealand wing to Global Expertise in Outsourcing NZ ltd (GEO) while it was still running ACRP. The GEO Group Australia is still running prisons such as the Metropolitan Remand Centre
in Victoria.
Wackenhut
G4S Secure Solutions is a private security company. It was founded as The Wackenhut Corporation in 1954, in Coral Gables, Florida, by George Wackenhut and three partners ....
, a subsidiary of multinational security giant Group 4 Securicor
Group 4 Securicor
G4S plc is a global security services company headquartered in Crawley, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest security company measured by revenues and has operations in more than 125 countries...
. From 1998 until 2003 ACM was responsible for running at least six Immigration detention centres in Australia. ACM also ran the Auckland Central Remand Prison (ACRP) in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
from its opening in July 2000 until control reverted to the Public Prisons Service in July 2005 due to the passing of the Corrections Bill 2005 .
ACM attracted strong criticism from the Australian left for alleged abuses of asylum seekers detained in its facilities. This climaxed with the massive Easter 2002 protest at the Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
The Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre was an Australian immigration detention facility near the village of Woomera in South Australia. It was opened in November 1999 in response to an increase in unauthorised arrivals, which had exceeded the capacity of other detention facilities...
. This became part of the inspiration for the video game Escape From Woomera
Escape From Woomera
Escape From Woomera is a modification of the PC game Half-life. It was developed in 2003 by an Australian-based group of professional game developers, digital media artists and an investigative journalist.- Game concept :...
.
Perhaps in part due to bad publicity over the Immigration detention centres ACM handed over the running of these centres to its parent company Group 4 Falck (now Group 4 Securicor
Group 4 Securicor
G4S plc is a global security services company headquartered in Crawley, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest security company measured by revenues and has operations in more than 125 countries...
) in 2003. It also changed the name of its New Zealand wing to Global Expertise in Outsourcing NZ ltd (GEO) while it was still running ACRP. The GEO Group Australia is still running prisons such as the Metropolitan Remand Centre
Metropolitan Remand Centre
The Metropolitan Remand Centre is an Australian prison located at Ravenhall, Victoria, approximately 20 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD on the Western Freeway...
in Victoria.
Detention Centres Formerly Run by ACM
- Baxter Immigrant Reception and Processing CentreBaxter Immigration Reception and Processing CentreBaxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre or commonly just Baxter Detention Centre, was an Australian immigration detention facility near the town of Port Augusta in South Australia. It was the focus of much of the controversy concerning the mandatory detention of asylum seekers in Australia...
- Fulham Correctional CentreFulham Correctional CentreFulham Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison located in Hopkins Road, Sale, Victoria, Australia. The prison consists of mainstream medium security cell blocks, a drug and alcohol treatment unit and a protection unit....
- Maribyrnong Immigration Detention CentreMaribyrnong Immigration Detention CentreMaribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre is an Australian immigration detention facility in Maribyrnong, Victoria. Originally opened in 1966, as the Maribyrnong Migrant Hostel, then the Midway Hostel in the late 1960s and now based within a part of Victoria University's campus student...
- Perth Immigration Detention CentrePerth Immigration Detention CentrePerth Immigration Detention Centre was opened in 1981 and is located near the domestic terminal of Perth Airport, Western Australia.-See also:* Australian immigration detention facilities* List of Australian immigration detention facilities...
- Port Hedland Immigration Detention Centre
- Villawood Immigration Detention CentreVillawood Immigration Detention CentreVillawood Immigration Detention Centre is an Australian immigration detention facility located in the suburb of Villawood in Sydney, Australia...
- Woomera Immigrant Reception and Processing Centre