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Farid Farid

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Notorious prison returns to public ownership - You Need To See This

Parklea Correctional Centre in Sydney had been managed bya US-based private prisons operator. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

One of Australia's largest jails has been transferred from a scandal-ridden private operator to public hands where more than 400 well-paid public sectors jobs are expected to be secured under government management.

With a capacity for more than 1500 inmates, Parklea Correctional Centre in western Sydney had been managed by the Australian arm of US-based private prisons operator MTC since 2018.

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