ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights some aspects of the intimate economies of privatisation in the immigration detention network in Australia through exploring visits to immigration detention centres by those independent of the system. It focuses on intimate economies of immigration detention to help one to explore impacts of privatisation at the individual level that have not yet been interrogated, including the development of relationships between people who are detained and those employed within the detention network, and those who visit. The chapter explores the intimate economies of privatisation commences with an overview of the mandatory detention policy in Australia and the limits of independent monitoring within the detention network. The lack of systematic, transparent and independent monitoring of Australia's immigration detention network elevates the role of others who can gain access to Immigration Detention Centres (IDCs), including independent visitors. Entry procedures upon arriving at Curtin IDC included passing through multiple checkpoints where our photo identification and visit booking would be checked.
