MARIBYRNONG IMMIGRATlON DETENTION CENTRE
53 Hampstead Road, Maidstone, Victoria 3012.
Ph (03) 9318 1999 Fax (03) 9317 7390
ONLY THESE ITEMS ARE PERMITTED THROUGH VISITS.
| Qty | Item |
|---|---|
| 5 | Phone Cards |
| 2 | Sealed Plastic Bottles of soft drink (Max size 1. 25 Litres each) |
| 2 | Sealed Packets of Lebanese type bread (or 6 Bread Rolls) |
| 2 | Plastic take-away type containers of food (Standard Type) |
| 1 | Talc Powder &/or 1 Deodorant - spray/roll-on |
| 1 | 375 Gram Block of Chocolate (foil wrapping must be removed) |
| 1 | Packet biscuits |
| 1 | Cake |
| 6 | Pieces of fruit |
| 5 | Packets of cigarettes (sealed) or 1 carton (sealed) |
| 1 | Wallet/briefcase/handbag/shoulder bag/pouch |
| 2 | Books - Accepted at Detainees responsibility |
| 1 | Newspaper |
| 1 | Packet Batteries |
| 5 | CDs/Videos/Cassette Tapes |
| 5 | Packet noodles |
| 1 | 250grams of lollies or chips (No Lollies or Chips in silver foil) |
| 1 | Suitcase (max 20 kg) & One Hand Luggage Bag (max 5 kg) |
| 0 | GLASS BOTTLES or Plastic Bottles where seal has been broken |
| 0 | Maps or Street Directories |
| 0 | Take away (unless in clear plastic container) |
| 0 | No Pot Plants |
Any item which sets off scanning wand (metal detector) will not be accepted.
If you have children with you during your visit, you may bring paper for them to draw on. A set of crayons may be provided on request. NO OTHER ITEMS are allowed.
ANY toys you wish to donate may be accepted following approval from management.
Please keep your conduct & behaviour suitable, as this area is for use by all detainees and their families, friends and children.
Maximum total quantity of food MUST NOT EXCEED sealed Test Unit.
NO ITEMS OF A MEDICINAL OR HEALTH ISSUE NATURE WILL BE ACCEPTED. (These items are supplied where deemed necessary)
You may transact cash to a detainee. A receipt will be issued to you & the detainee. All cash must be handed to the Visits Officer, prior to visit.
To download these rules in .txt format, click here.
(The following was posted to the mdc-watch discussion group on 3 Oct 2002.)
Hi All,
Kjell and Peter at Maribyrnong IDC asked me to pass this on to everyone.
After a three and a half hour meeting with the Manager, Helen and the other guards that do reception shifts,the visiting times and what is allowed in, has been consolidated by them.
The new visiting times as of Monday 7th October are :
10am-11.30am
1.30pm-5pm
7pm-9pm
If the centre is not crowded then visitors can stay without having to leave after an hour and a half (during the longer visiting sessions). However, if there are over 50 people in the visitors area, then visits will be limited to an hour and a half to allow more people through.
Only sealed packets of cigarettes and change for the drinks machines will be allowed through with vistors, nothing else such as papers and pens will be allowed. All goods and written material (newspapers, newsletter, internet news) must be left at the reception desk to be passed on to detainees. Bags of food or other items can only be passed on to a detainee that is being visited. If you bring things for other detainees you are not visiting, you will not be allowed to leave the items. All food must be presented in CLEAR plastic containers. Opaque ice cream containers etc. will not be permitted.
There will be revised lists of what can and can't be brought into the centre for detainees on Monday.
Cheers - Lyn
I have been told that from next Monday all that visitors will be allowed to take in to the Maribyrnong Detention Centre in their own hands are their locker key and coins for the vending machines, from which ACM makes a profit.
That means that if you are a smoker, you are presumably supposed to cadge cigarettes from the rich people in the Centre. (Well OF COURSE they're rich! They paid people smugglers, didn't they????)
It also means that if you want to get smokes to the detainees, you'll be expected to trust the guards to hand them over, even though you may be expected to leave the premises before the goods are handed out.
How much more petty and bloody-minded bureaucracy are we supposed to put up with in our supposedly free and democratic society? What is the purpose of the new invisible stamp on one's hand when one goes in?
Obviously we put up with whatever we have to in order to see our friends, but why are we letting ACM get away with this?
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