Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Serco Stuffs up at Mount Eden: fined $150k

I belong to the tradition that believes that the taking of a citizen's liberty should be the role and responsibility of the state. It should not be reduced to a cost-benefit analysis. So I opposed the Serco Mount Eden contract. And, it seems, for good reasons. They have stuffed up and have, consequently, been "fined" by the Corrections department. It was a bad idea, in principle and practice, and is being shown to be so.
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  1. Of course no one escapes from Corrections run prisons?

    Escapes from Mangaroa near Hastings have over previously been on an open door basis almost - then of course there were the prisoners on the roof late last year.

    You are way off the pace on this one RW.

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  2. Agree with pdm; state-run prisons have not been immune from escape. At least Serco now has a strong financial incentive to stop escapes from happening, and the public purse is $150k richer.

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