Talking with our sources inside prison, here is what happened…
I spoke to the ringleader of the fight club – the boxer shown in the videos. He was transferred out very fast & is now at Pare . He said there had always been fighting going on, even under Corrections, but he just “revved it up a bit” & Serco staff allowed it. Quite a lot of both participants and witnesses were transferred quickly to other prisons ,  so that would have impacted Serco’s ability to do its own enquiry .Â
Serco have a colossal nerve to take Corrections to court. They knew exactly what was going on. Need an independent judicial review. Shades of whats to come under TPPA
@Sandi – totally agree but don’t think this government is capable of an independent judicial review.
TPPA litigation – here we come.
When corporates are found out, litigate first. At least Serco doesn’t have it’s own courts yet like under TPP.
Show some balls government and litigate back and teach Serco a lesson!
As I heard on the news, Serco is taking the government, that is Corrections to court, by way of judicial review.
I cannot comment on details, as it is before the court, but we can feel sure, that this is a desperate effort, to save their faces, so they can try and defend the contract they still have, plus a chance to get more contracts for other services.
It will be very interesting to see whether their court action against a decision by the government to put Corrections in charge at Mt Eden will succeed. They do try to discredit the report the government’s decision was based on.
I sense Serco are desperate, and we can guess why.
Who cares what happens in prison. If the left had its way, no one would be sent there anyway, especially repeat burglars. Perhaps the left could start thinking about the victims of crime for a change.
Nice simplistic view you’ve got there , DAVE,…. however I’m sure most of us , Left or Right do think about the victims of crime… possibly more than you do.
However , the neo liberal wretch doesn’t.
What the neo liberal wretch does is lie to the public that crimes down, falsify’s statistics to present to the public , encourages privatization of prisons to justify their treasonous program to sell off of SOE’s – even including non SOE’s such as prisons , then makes a colossal noise about how they are ‘ tough on crime ‘ when in fact they just said that crime is down….
Does the neo liberal wretch also suffer from schizophrenia as well?… or do they simply lie and change the narrative when its convenient?
And is it part of the neo liberal wretches operations to place an incompetent Minister of Corrections at the helm who is either too stupid or willingly so – that he turns a blind eye to basic human abuses in our prisons?
And if so …why ?… is the obvious question.
Could it be that in the mad ideological rush to bolster up that ideology that regular illegal incidents of assault , murder and rape must be kept from the public’s gaze at all costs?
And that regular audits are allowed to be fudged deliberately to present to the public the picture that all is well in our ‘corrective ‘ facilities which we have subsidized ?
Subsidies and concessions that WE the taxpayer have been clandestinely made to pay for to a private contractor?
A private contractor that was endorsed by the neo liberal wretch as part of the agenda to further dismantle any last remaining shreds of Social Democracy in this country ?
I certainly do hope for your sake that you do not count yourself in that sorry number of the neo liberal wretches DAVE , but that you are truly speaking in the capacity of a concerned citizen – and not in the capacity of the neo liberal wretch and thief.
Nope – they would be full of tax evaders / avoiders. But we wouldn’t leave even such evil buggers to the mercy of Serco
Andrew: What would you like people to ‘think about the victims of crime’?
We know it’s cheaper – thinking, that is – than counselling, or affordable insurance without the zillions of loopholes, or the rather low resolution rates in some areas, or supporting people working to stop impulsive folk before they become statistics.
We know that the people with psychological issues aren’t either going to get any treatment, or be removed from their cozy lairs in high places.
But – do tell – what would you like us to think about the victims of crime? Both sides.
Dave – so you’re advocating for a more brutal regime in our prisons?
Be careful what you wish for. Prisons are an aspect of wider society, and eventually that brutality will affect us all.
This National Government made this mess privatising our jails, so now that could make them look like idiots come election time now we hope.
We have learnt to never trust these overseas corporations, remember Warner bros, Rio tinto, amongst others that Government folded into?
Apologies to Andrew. My request needed to be made to Dave.
No matter – same dif.
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