Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2012
Closed 1951
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Australian Border ForcePopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2012
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
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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Data completeness
26%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q60640434)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/yongah-hill-immigration-detention-centre
"Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/yongah-hill-immigration-detention-centre.
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title = {Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-10-20}
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