Scotland’s failing £240million prisoner transfer contract is under emergency review over fears it could collapse without more taxpayers’ cash. Outsourcing giant GEOAmey has been missing up to 50 transfers a week due to staff shortages which have crippled courts and are threatening to plunge the criminal justice system into crisis.
We can reveal the US headquartered multinational is struggling to recruit or retain workers because the low wages it offers guards for dangerous and stressful jobs can’t compete with supermarket salaries.
Despite a catalogue of failings, Scottish Prison Service (SPS) senior management admitted they are now in negotiations with GEOAmey with a view to pumping in more public money.
