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| Get-out-of-jail clause revealed |
| By The Sydney Morning Herald |
| Published: 12/15/2008 |
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AUSTRALIA - A corrections company that has expressed interest in running two NSW jails has a contract with the West Australian Government containing a clause that allows for escapes, deaths in custody and even riots at the prison it runs outside Perth. Serco, a British firm linked to the former head of the NSW cabinet office, Gary Sturgess, is a probable bidder to run Parklea or Cessnock jails, which the Government plans to privatise next year. "We are certainly interested in both privatisations," a spokeswoman for the company, Emma Needham, told the Herald. "But we have not yet made a firm a decision." Ms Needham said it was company policy not to comment on the details of its 2006 contract to run Acacia prison in Wooroloo in Perth's outer suburbs. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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