Not good enough for the Kiwis, not good enough for us
色狼社区Media release:
If private prison operator Serco is not good enough for a prison in New Zealand, it should not be put in charge of NSW jails, says the Public Service Association (PSA).
Serco is one of the companies behind the Northern Pathways Consortium, which has been chosen by the Berejikilan Government to run a new privately run prison to be built outside Grafton.
Last year Serco was stripped of its contract to run Auckland鈥檚 Mt Eden prison after evidence surfaced of 鈥榝ight clubs鈥 operating among inmates under what was discovered to be insufficient supervision of prisoners.
鈥淲e鈥檙e falling behind New Zealand here,鈥 says 色狼社区General Secretary Stewart Little.
鈥淭hey discovered there is no place for this company in Mt Eden, yet we refuse to learn from their experience.
鈥淪uccessful, efficiently run correctional facilities in Nowra, Cessnock, Kempsey and Wellington prove that if governments invest the money, they will get results.
鈥淣o private company should be profiting from crime.鈥
In addition to Mt Eden, Serco has lost contracts to run immigration-detention facilities on Manus Island and prisoner-transport operations in Western Australia.
In Britain, the company was criticised after the death of a 14-year-old boy in a Durham secure training centre.