Security firm extends contract for criticised Manston detention centre

There is a “real danger” that the dire conditions at Manston could return in autumn, according to the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

A security contractor that supplies the Manston detention centre has been handed an extension to a Home Office contract despite criticism that asylum seekers may have faced “inhuman and degrading treatment” at the facility.

Management & Training Corporation (MTC), an outsourcer, said it has signed a one-year deal in June to provide services at the detention centre in Manston, Kent, until July 2024.