Original sentence: During 2001 representatives from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) received reports of abuse and harm to children and adults held in such centres.Groups critical of the mandatory detention policy have included members of the legal profession in South Australia and Victoria.Many believe that the isolated conditions, lack of toys and recreation activities and witnessing the desperation of other detainees is harmful to the childrens' development.The resulting 900-page report recommended that the government release the children and their families no later than four weeks after its tabling in parliament.The standard of mandatory detention centres has been the subject of criticism , particularly with regard to the Woomera facility, located as it is in a very isolated region of Australia
Edited sentence: An overwhelming majority of the children (over 90 per cent) were found to be refugees and now live in Australia.By the end of that year it had received numerous reports of abuse and harm to children and adults held in such centres.During 2001 representatives from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) made many visits to immigration detention centres around Australia.In addition to criticisms of the entire system, some have criticised the standard of mandatory detention centres, particularly with regard to the Woomera facility, located as it is in a very isolated region of Australia.Many believe that the isolated conditions, lack of toys and recreation activities and witnessing the desperation of other detainees is harmful to the childrens development.The concerns of exposing children to this system have been quite serious.The report recommended that the government release the children and their families no later than four weeks after its tabling in parliament.The resulting 900-page report contained overwhelming evidence that holding children in detention centres was cruel, inhumane, damaging and absolutely contrary to Australia’s international obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC).There have been a number of groups who have been highly critical of the mandatory detention policy, most notably members of the legal profession in South Australia and Victoria