Govt announces $200M-plus PPP makeover for Paremoremo prison

Govt announces $200M-plus PPP makeover for Paremoremo prison
Oct. 25 (BusinessDesk) – Auckland’s 45 year-old maximum security prison at Paremoremo is to get a makeover under a public-private partnership contract that is expected to be worth more than $200 million. Corrections Minister Anne Tolley announced the planned upgrade today, saying the facility needed to be modernised to improve the ability to manage difficult prisoners, provide better mental health care, and to take pressure off the mental health forensic unit, the Mason Clinic. The Department of Corrections is calling for expressions of inte...