The Ministry of Homeland Security has updated the country’s detention regulations, expanding the definition of approved detention centres under the emergency powers regulations, 2025.

Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander issued the Detention of Persons (Discipline and Place of Detention) (No. 2) (Amendment) Directions, 2025, on July 23 which modify existing rules governing where individuals held under emergency powers can be detained.

The updated definition now covers Teteron Barracks, Staubles Bay, Carrera Convict Prison, the Women’s Prison at Golden Grove, the Eastern Correctional Rehabilitation Centre and the Remand Prison at Golden Grove.