Private firms probed for detention center abuse in Australia

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Private firms probed for detention center abuse in Australia

The private company that runs Australia's immigration detention camps has been fined and police are investigating several employees over the mistreatment of five detainees, reports said yesterday.
An independent investigation found the detainees were manhandled, denied food, water and toilet facilities, and had their pleas for help ignored during a seven-hour transfer by road from one detention center to another last year.

`outrageous'

The company, Global Solutions Limited (GSL), was fined A500,000 (US$378,286) for treatment that Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone described as "outrageous."

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/07/31/2003265783

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