In Reply to: There's always been a detention centre posted by willow on Thursday, 4. August 2011 at 12:23 Bali Time:
There has not always been a detention centre in Derby.
The detention centre was actually at Curtin, some what of a drive from Derby.
It was decommissioned years ago and only re-opened not that long ago, to house (yes you are correct) single males from Christmas Island.