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Calls for overhaul as Victoria continues to outsource prison health care to private companies

The Victorian government has entered into a fresh agreement outsourcing health care in publicly run prisons to an overseas company, frustrating the state's Aboriginal legal group, which claims the practice is fuelling service gaps for prisoners.

Correct Care Australasia (CCA) currently holds the contract to deliver health care across Victoria's 13 publicly run prisons and youth justice centres, but that agreement will expire in July.

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