Nauru Regional Processing Centre
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Background
The Nauru Regional Processing Centre is an offshore Australian immigration detention facility that has been in use from 2001 to 2008, from 2012 to 2019, and from September 2021. It is located on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru and run by the government thereof. The use of immigration detention facilities is part of a policy of mandatory detention in Australia. The Nauru facility was opened in 2001 as part of the Howard government's Pacific Solution. The centre was suspended in 2008 to fulfil an election promise by the Rudd government, but was reopened in August 2012 by the Gillard government after a large increase in the number of maritime arrivals by asylum seekers and pressure from the Abbott opposition.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2001
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
BroadspectrumPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2001
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
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Data completeness
20%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 (Q1550420)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Nauru Regional Processing Centre. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nauru-regional-processing-centre
"Nauru Regional Processing Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nauru-regional-processing-centre.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Nauru Regional Processing Centre},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nauru-regional-processing-centre},
urldate = {2026-10-15}
}