Northern Immigration Detention Centre
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Background
Northern Immigration Detention Centre is a facility operated by the Australian Department of Home Affairs to house people and process their applications concerning immigration detention. It is located at Coonawarra, an outer Darwin suburb and is described as primarily accommodating illegal foreign fishers. It has an operating capacity of 554 people. In 2009, it was managed by G4S, a private company, but this is no longer the case. On 30 August 2010 100 detainees staged a riot and climbed on the roofs of buildings in the facility.
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
G4SPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
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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
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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 (Q7058425)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Northern Immigration Detention Centre. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/northern-immigration-detention-centre
"Northern Immigration Detention Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/northern-immigration-detention-centre.
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title = {Northern Immigration Detention Centre},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/northern-immigration-detention-centre},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
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