...[A] handful of multinational security companies have been turning crackdowns on immigration into a growing global industry...[e]specially in Britain, the United States and Australia...[The] ballooning of privatized detention has been accompanied by scathing inspection reports, lawsuits and the documentation of widespread abuse and neglect, sometimes lethal...GEO Group lost its Australia contract in 2003 amid a commission’s findings that detained children were subjected to cruel treatment... G4S...was faulted for lethal neglect and abusive use of solitary confinement in Australia...Over the past year, riots, fires and suicidal protests left millions of dollars in damage at Serco-run centers from Christmas Island to Villawood, outside Sydney, and self-harm by detainees rose twelvefold, government documents show...“We are acutely aware of our responsibilities and are committed to the humane, fair and decent treatment of all those in our care,” a Serco spokesman said...