Stabbings, jailbreaks and a dizzying spate of scandals have engulfed an embattled prison in Sydney’s west since its privatisation more than a decade ago.

NSW ends private management of Parklea Prison, citing safety issues, understaffing, and profit-driven neglect.

Parklea Correctional Centre houses ... the prison under former US-owned operator GEO Group Australia, which nabbed the contract when the prison first went private in 2009. The prison then changed ...

A 1,500-bed prison in Sydney's north-west, that has been subject to riots, will return to state government management after it was outsourced in 2009.