The Minns Labor Government has taken the first steps to bring the management of Junee Correctional Centre into public hands, for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
US multi-national GEO Group currently holds the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The decision to move the management of this crucial service to the public sector will lock in around 340 well-paid public-sector jobs for the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the expiry of the existing contract with GEO Group in March 2025, centre management will be taken over by Corrective Services NSW. Junee Correctional Centre will remain a crucial part of the NSW prison network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Corrective Services NSW operates Australia\u2019s largest prison system, responsible for approximately 9,200 inmates across 31 correctional centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Corrective Services and Justice Health will work with employees, the community and GEO Group through this period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Corrections Anoulack Chanthivong said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is just the first step in this process which won\u2019t be completed until 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is a win for frontline staff and the community. It means locking in stable, secure and well-paid public-sector jobs for the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ll consider all options as contracts for other privately run facilities get closer to renewal with a focus on delivering the best value for NSW and better outcomes for communities and the inmates.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Minns Labor Government has taken the first steps to bring the management of Junee Correctional Centre into public hands, for the first time. US multi-national GEO Group currently holds the contract. The decision to move the management of this crucial service to the public sector will lock in around 340 well-paid public-sector jobs for … Continue reading “Bringing Junee Correctional Centre into public hands”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23793,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23792\/revisions\/23793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}