Britian to start privatizing prisons. Says they'll use the Army on citizens who strike against it [View All]

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A quick check of the company G4S shows in 2004 it merged with a security company called Group 4 Falck who bought Wackenhut back in 2002.

Just one big happy family.

guardian: 31 March 2011

The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has confirmed that he is willing to call in the army should "serious trouble" erupt over his decision that the private security company, G4S, should run Birmingham prison – making it the first public sector jail to be privatised.

"We have to be prepared should anything go wrong," he told MPs.

The Prison Officers' Association (POA) said it would not rule out industrial action in protest at the decision, despite the fact that such action may be illegal.

Clarke said the military contingency plans, involving up to 3,000 trained regular soldiers, were needed because industrial action involving prisons "can rapidly become far worse than an ordinary strike".



http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/mar/31/kenneth-clarke-privatised-birmingham-prison