Thinning Out the Hordes

Those incarcerated on Nauru for the de facto crime of seeking asylum in the British Commonwealth are complaining that they cannot afford to eat. The island imports most of its food, and even the generosity of the Australian home affairs department apparently fails to cover the cost of living, at least for the inmates. Moreover, this regrettable situation has occurred despite the Australian government paying squillions to an American profitable incarceration entrepreneur for "facilities, garrison and reception services," which presumably translates into Oldspeak as cells, thugs and turnkeys; but not for feeding the animals. What can possibly have gone wrong?