Labor to pay $2.3bn to controversial US prison operator subsidiary to run onshore detention

Secure Journeys, a subsidiary of Management and Training Corporation, has won a $2.3bn contract to operate Australia’s onshore immigration detention centres. Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images

The Australian government will pay $2.3bn to a subsidiary of a controversial American private prison operator to run the nation’s onshore immigration detention network, ending a longstanding deal with Serco.

Secure Journeys, a local subsidiary of Management & Training Corporation (MTC), will begin operating the centres from early 2025.