Unsafe Work Practices Leads to Findings of Negligence Against Private Prison Operator: Jarvis v Australasian Correctional Management Pty. Ltd
AbstractIn this article the author discusses the first Australian judgment to find a private operator of prisons negligent for providing an unsafe work environment which led to injury to an employee. He discusses the factors which resulted in such a finding and concludes that lack of effective monitoring of private operators was a contributing cause. The author argues that the commercialisation of public service provision coupled with private sector involvement underlies the importance of having an effective and comprehensive monitoring process. He proposes an independent monitoring agency to avoid such problems in the future. |