Conditions in detention
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The use of force in detention
The Refugee Council of Australia has documented the increasing securitisation of immigration detention. This includes the use of force within immigration detention. The graph below shows there are thousands of incidents of use of force, including unplanned use of force.
This graph shows the number of complaints of assault within immigration detention.
Mental health services
The impact of detention on mental health is well known. This graph shows the number of people in detention attending mental health consultations inside detention, compared to the number attending external providers outside detention.
