The Nats have been forced to call in the good old-fashioned state to clear up Serco’s mess:
Corrections ‘stepping in’ over Serco debacle
The Corrections Department has confirmed plans to take over Serco’s management of Mt Eden Correctional Facility.
Corrections Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga said this afternoon that a management team would take over the day to day running of the prison from Monday “for the immediate future”.
Serco’s staff would remain on site, but a Corrections Department Prison Director and their team would oversee the prison. …
The government is still talking about salvaging the contract in the longer term. But given the headlines on fight clubs, death, and now this – Exclusive: Prison counsellor hears stories of gang rape in Mt Eden – I think that they would be better off just admitting the failure of the private prisons model.
According to Twitter:
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