Thursday, March 02, 2006

Detention shake-up follows scandals / The Age, 2 Mar 2006

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Jewel Topsfield,
"THE CONTROVERSIAL private operator of Australia's detention centres will not have its lucrative $90-million-a-year contract extended. GSL took over the running of Australia's detention centres in late 2003. The company has come under intense scrutiny, with critics claiming it has introduced a punitive prison regime to detention centres, including the use of solitary confinement."