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Parklea correctional centre to return to public hands as NSW reverses ‘failed prison for profit model’


Minns government says contract with prison operator MTC Australia will end in late 2026

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One of New South Wales’s largest prisons will return to public hands as Labor continues to reverse what the union representing guards has dubbed “the failed prison for profit model”.

The Minns government announced on Sunday its contract with MTC Australia – a subsidiary of a controversial American private prison operator – to run Parklea correctional centre would end in October 2026.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/02/parklea-correctional-centre-to-return-to-public-hands-as-nsw-reverses-failed-prison-for-profit-model

Author : Jordyn Beazley

Publish date : 2025-03-02 01:05:00

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