NZPA reports:
An MP from government confidence and supply party ACT today told prison officers who spoke out against private prisons that they had hurt their future job prospects.
David Garrett’s remark came hot on the heals of accusations yesterday that the Government attempted to intimidate and silence people. Those claims were sparked by Social Development Minister Paula Bennett releasing benefit details of two women who criticised a government decision to cut a training allowance…
After Bart Birch, Uaea Leavasa and Satish Prasad criticised how Auckland Central Remand Prison was run under private contractor GEO Ltd between 2000 and 2005, Mr Garrett weighed in.
“You say that you don’t want to go back to working in this environment — to the private. You’d be aware that given your submission here, you wouldn’t get offered a job anyway, would you?”
Disgraceful. National’s Shane Adern was wise to distance his party from the comments, but it’s just another example of this government’s culture of bullying towards those who dare to criticise them in public.
[Hat tip: Toad in the comments.]
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