NSW ends private management of Parklea Prison, citing safety issues, understaffing, and profit-driven neglect.
Parklea Correctional Centre in western Sydney ... It will be the second NSW prison to return to public ownership after Corrective Services NSW takes over the management of Junee Correctional ...
It was the first state penitentiary built following a 1978 royal commission into NSW prison reform. A series of disastrous incidents have plagued the facility over the years. Riot squads were called ...
The Minns government announced Parklea jail would return to public hands at a moment of increasing pressure on the state’s ...
A prison that has had its fair share of dangerous incidents in recent years is returning to public ownership under a state ...
Parklea Correctional Centre in Sydney's north-west will return to NSW government control in October 2026. NSW Premier Chris Minns says running the facility will cost about the same as outsourcing ...
It came second to Clarence Correctional Facility near Grafton, the state’s largest prison, which recorded 327 inmate assaults, none of which were deemed serious. Parklea’s return to public ...
Parklea jail will return to public hands amid increasing pressure on the state’s prison system.Credit: Nick Moir Revealed in 2023, the move to end controversial private ownership of the prison ...