Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
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Background
Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre or commonly just Baxter Detention Centre, was an Australian immigration detention facility near the town of Port Augusta in South Australia. It was the focus of much of the controversy concerning the mandatory detention of asylum seekers in Australia.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2002
Closed 2007
Figures from official sources · verified 22 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2002
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q4873856)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/baxter-immigration-reception-and-processing-centre
"Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/baxter-immigration-reception-and-processing-centre.
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title = {Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre},
year = {2026},
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