Sunday, February 27, 2005

Immigration detention system changes -/ [Australia] Sydney Morning Herald, 26 Feb 2005

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"The new measures included a 28-day limit in all but exceptional cases on the time people could be held in prison, a watch-house or similar state corrections facility. All people detained will be fingerprinted, without their consent if necessary. Facility staff would also be given 'further advice ... clarifying and strengthening procedures the should be followed to try to establish a person's identity'."