US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract

According to a report by The Guardian… A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of control’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA US private prisons operator will receive $157m a year to run Australia’s offshore processing regime in Nauru – currently holding just over 100 people – after the government quietly expanded its contract by more than $350m to three-quarters-of-a-billion dollars.The two-year extension without prior public notification, or scrutiny of the contract, has raised allegations of “gross mismanagement” and a process “run out of control” from parliamentarians and government integrity experts. Continue reading… complete report is on below link. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/29/us-private-prisons-operator-paid-790m-to-hold-100-people-on-nauru-in-quiet-expansion-of-contract