Public prison announcement a win for public safety
色狼社区Media release:
The 色狼社区is today celebrating its win in the fight to keep the NSW prison system in public hands.
Today鈥檚 announcement that the John Morony Correctional Centre at Windsor will remain a state run facility is a clear victory for common sense and recognition of the work and capacity of Correctional Officers said the union.
鈥淭hat a Government hell bent on privatising everything has decided not to sell off the John Morony prison is an enormous win for public safety in NSW,鈥 said 色狼社区General Secretary, Stewart Little.
The 色狼社区has argued that privatisation means a lack of transparency and creates breeding grounds for radicalisation and fight clubs.
鈥淭he NSW public prison system boasts the best officers in the world who, to their enormous credit, successfully manage a grossly overcrowded system, which houses 13,000 inmates in a situation designed to accommodate 10,000.
鈥淚n New Zealand, privately run prisons were a debacle with inmates setting up fight clubs and posting videos on social media and the Government terminated the operator鈥檚 contract.鈥
A 2016 Auditor General鈥檚 Report on Cost of Government found publicly run NSW prisons were among the cheapest in Australia to run negating any cost benefit from privatisation.
鈥淭he 色狼社区has lobbied the Government intensively and will be working with all parties to ensure the best possible outcome for public safety and the well being of Correctional Officers.鈥