❓ The Attorney General concedes that Acacia Prison, managed by AIMS Corporation, is failing under its privatisation contract, echoing concerns raised by Professor Harding. The contract is deemed a failure.
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I have a supplementary question. Does the Attorney General concede that a prison on the alert list is at real risk of significant failure, as outlined on page 17 of Professor Harding’s debriefing notes? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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I think we are already seeing failure by AIMS Corporation at the privatised Acacia Prison. Professor Harding has identified that and said that it is cause for sufficient concern within government. I agree with that assessment. The AIMS contract and the privatisation experiment have simply not delivered what the previous Government told us they would deliver. At this stage that has to be put in the failed category rather than the successful category.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I think we are already seeing failure by AIMS Corporation at the privatised Acacia Prison. Professor Harding has identified that and said that it is cause for sufficient concern within government. I agree with that assessment. The AIMS contract and the privatisation experiment have simply not delivered what the previous Government told us they would deliver. At this stage that has to be put in the failed category rather than the successful category.
I think we are already seeing failure by AIMS Corporation at the privatised Acacia Prison. Professor Harding has identified that and said that it is cause for sufficient concern within government. I agree with that assessment. The AIMS contract and the privatisation experiment have simply not delivered what the previous Government told us they would deliver. At this stage that has to be put in the failed category rather than the successful category.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I think we are already seeing failure by AIMS Corporation at the privatised Acacia Prison. Professor Harding has identified that and said that it is cause for sufficient concern within government. I agree with that assessment. The AIMS contract and the privatisation experiment have simply not delivered what the previous Government told us they would deliver. At this stage that has to be put in the failed category rather than the successful category.
I think we are already seeing failure by AIMS Corporation at the privatised Acacia Prison. Professor Harding has identified that and said that it is cause for sufficient concern within government. I agree with that assessment. The AIMS contract and the privatisation experiment have simply not delivered what the previous Government told us they would deliver. At this stage that has to be put in the failed category rather than the successful category.
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