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.

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.

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 ...