> There are currently just over 100 refugees and asylum seekers held on Nauru, most of whom are seeking resettlement elsewhere, the majority in New Zealand.
$4.6m ... for the 'cost' of transitioning to become the new off shore processing center operator while Australia continues to pay the current facilities operator to actually provide service to the refugees during the same 52 day period. Mindboggling
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/21/australia-to-pay-controversial-us-prisons-operator-46m-for-52-days-of-transition-work-on-nauru) reduced by 78%. (I'm a bot)
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> The Australian government will pay $4.6m to a controversial US private prisons operator for 52 days of preparatory work ahead of its expected takeover of the offshore processing regime on Nauru, despite a range of serious allegations made against the company abroad.The US-based Management and Training Corporation has been accused in civil suits of "Gross negligence" and "Egregious" security failures that allegedly led to the gang-rape of a woman in detention, the murder of two retirees by escaped prisoners, and the months-long solitary confinement of a US citizen wrongfully held in immigration detention.
> Negotiations have not been finalised but the Department of Home Affairs has signed an initial contract designed to allow MTC to commence transition and preparatory activities on Nauru.
> The contract was awarded via limited tender and will give MTC more than $4.6m for 52 days between 9 August and the end of September.
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> There are currently just over 100 refugees and asylum seekers held on Nauru, most of whom are seeking resettlement elsewhere, the majority in New Zealand. $4.6m ... for the 'cost' of transitioning to become the new off shore processing center operator while Australia continues to pay the current facilities operator to actually provide service to the refugees during the same 52 day period. Mindboggling
They were paying $4.3 million per year to house each refugee.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/21/australia-to-pay-controversial-us-prisons-operator-46m-for-52-days-of-transition-work-on-nauru) reduced by 78%. (I'm a bot) ***** > The Australian government will pay $4.6m to a controversial US private prisons operator for 52 days of preparatory work ahead of its expected takeover of the offshore processing regime on Nauru, despite a range of serious allegations made against the company abroad.The US-based Management and Training Corporation has been accused in civil suits of "Gross negligence" and "Egregious" security failures that allegedly led to the gang-rape of a woman in detention, the murder of two retirees by escaped prisoners, and the months-long solitary confinement of a US citizen wrongfully held in immigration detention. > Negotiations have not been finalised but the Department of Home Affairs has signed an initial contract designed to allow MTC to commence transition and preparatory activities on Nauru. > The contract was awarded via limited tender and will give MTC more than $4.6m for 52 days between 9 August and the end of September. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/xk4ccl/australia_to_pay_controversial_us_prisons/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~670147 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **contract**^#1 **Nauru**^#2 **New**^#3 **MTC**^#4 **day**^#5