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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle

Two staff stabbed after US contractor used Kia Carnival to transfer Australian immigration detainee: ‘You might as well hire an Uber’

The Villawood Immigration Detention Centre
In May last year, MTC used a Kia Carnival to transport detainee Paea Teu from Villawood to Sydney airport for deportation. Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images

The American private prison operator running Australia’s immigration network used an unsecured and unmodified Kia Carnival to transport a detainee who allegedly stabbed two of its staff during the journey and fled.

Guardian Australia can also reveal that concerns about the vehicles being used by Management and Training Corporation (MTC) had prompted an intervention by the department of home affairs and warnings from almost 500 detention centre staff.

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