The NSW Labor government decision reverses a 30-year privatisation agenda and follows its seizure of land from Moore Park Golf Course for more public green space.
The NSW Labor government will reverse the privatisation of NSW jails, with Junee Correctional Centre returning to public ownership for the first time in 30 years followed by the notorious Parklea jail in western Sydney.
The contract for Parklea Correctional Centre, which was privatised in 2009 and managed by MTC Australia, will expire after the Junee centre, and the government’s policy is not to renew it. NSW’s third privately run prison, Clarence, which opened near Grafton in 2020 and is operated by Serco, still has several years remaining on its contract.while the outsourcing of out-of-home care is another service that the government is looking to return to the public sector.
Corrective Services operates Australia’s largest prison system, responsible for about 9200 inmates across 31 correctional centres.“This is a win for frontline staff and the community. It means locking in stable, secure and well-paid public-sector jobs for the region. Parklea, a medium and maximum security facility, also has a chequered past and is known as one of the state’s most violent jails, with the worst rate for serious assaults on officers.
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