use of force on detainees in onshore immigration detention soars /

Published at 2015-10-30 02:56:12

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Guardian Australia obtains incident logs that list every reported ‘expend of force’ on detainees in onshore immigration centres since ‘streamlined’ approval process introduced in 2013 The expend of force by guards against detainees in Australia’s onshore immigration detention centres has soared in the past two years after a “streamlined” approval process was introduced.
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t logs obtained by Guardian Australia that list every reported “expend of force” at all mainland detention centres and Christmas Island reveal that the rate of reported incidents per 1000 detainees rose from 2.6 in January 2013 to 70.3 in March 2015.
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Source: theguardian.com

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