Services Available at Immigration Detention Facilities

A wide range of services is provided at each immigration detention facility, including access to:

• health services
• active case management services
• private and official visitors
• legal and consular services
• external government and non-government oversight bodies
• educational programs, including English-language instruction
• cultural, recreational and sporting activities
• religious services
• telephones, newspapers and television
• library services
• computers and the Internet
• culturally appropriate meals and snacks and unlimited access to chilled water, tea, coffee, milk and sugar
• incidental items for purchase.

A Client Consultative Committee (CCC) regularly convenes at each facility. The CCC provides opportunities for people in immigration detention to proactively participate in affairs that affect their quality of life by constructively contributing to the running of the facility. Among other things, they are encouraged to assist with the formulation of culturally appropriate meal menus and they offer ideas for the range of programs and activities on offer.
See: Immigration Detention Health Services