Privatization A Prelude To Violence: Officers
New South Wales, Australia, prison officers say an Easter weekend outbreak of violence at Parklea prison is a prelude to further trouble in the state’s jails if the State Government privatises prison operations. Story from the Canberra Times.
The Prison Officers Vocational Branch, the union representing officers, says private jail operators would not employ enough staff to contain the sort of incident that occurred last Friday, in which a group of inmates, allegedly bikies, attacked another prisoner during morning muster, reportedly using sharpened toothbrushes.
The Department of Corrective Services has downplayed the incident. It said only seven prisoners were involved, and only one inmate, Mesbah Mirzaei, who allegedly led the attack, was a member of the bikie gang Notorious.
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