Three more asylum seekers have broken out of the Yongah Hill Detention Centre today. Picture: File image Source: News Limited
FOUR more asylum seekers broke out of the Yongah Hill Detention Centre today.
Sources have told PerthNow the four detainees managed to escape by climbing over the fences this afternoon.
Three asylum seekers were caught soon after the escape, while one detainee remained on the run.
However, tonight the remaining escapee was found and is now in police custody.
This is now the fourth successful escape at the Northam facility since August and the third in a month.
It comes after The Sunday Times/PerthNow revealed this week that it took three asylum seekers just 45 seconds to escape from Yongah Hill on January 12 using nothing more than padded socks.
Documents leaked by a Serco insider highlighted major security flaws at the WA facility as well as other Australian detention centres.
According to the confidential information, weaknesses included asylum seekers' access to the internet to book plane tickets or organise getaway cars through friends via social media and even download Google maps to plan their escape routes.
Detainees had become increasingly confident because of the number of successful escapes in recent years, while the voltage on the 3.2m electric fence was not strong enough to actually shock escapees and its design made it easy to climb.
The Serco insider claimed the entire system was "dysfunctional" and that he was speaking out because he was tired of the "incompetence".
"The whole thing is dysfunctional from the top down," he said.
"For instance the Serco immigration contract has had eight escapes since December due to poor leadership and general incompetence.
"Bottom line -there is no training given and everything is about money. Every time we have these incidents the main effort isn't improving but more so passing the buck and looking for someone to blame.
"This occurred in Thailand last year when Serco lost a high risk and dangerous detainee in the Bangkok airport."
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has been contacted for comment.
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