Despite well publicised problems at HMP Birmingham, Medway secure training centre & Brook House immigration centre - and a late legal challenge from rival bidder MTC - G4S has won the huge contract.
The company, a subsidiary of G4S, was accused of misleading the MoJ over the extent of its profits.
Last month the Home Office failed in a bid to challenge a High Court ruling over the terms of an investigation into the alleged abuse at Brook House.
Joel March fled with deposit boxes after abandoning the cash-in-transit vehicle.
Joel March, 36, admitted to snatching the money on April 23 but his sentencing was adjourned for psychiatric reports to be prepared
Arrested driver Joel March, 36, allegedly stole cash destined for ATMs from his van after parking up in a quiet residential street just before 9am on Tuesday.
UPDATE 17/04/19: In good news, two of the detainees, including the young Italian father quoted below were bailed today, with the judge in one case expressing dismay at the length of time they had been held in detention designed to be for people about to be removed. The 19 year ...
Suicides, drugs and violence with impunity, vulnerable prisoners locked up 23 hours a day and corridors littered with cockroaches, blood and vomit all featured in a shocking prisons inspectorate report that had HMP Birmingham taken off private security firm G4S within hours. With prison assaults, drugs taking and self-harm at ...
BBC Panorama reveals how a detainee was choked by a member of staff at a G4S run Immigration Removal Centre Tonight BBC Panorama reveals footage of a detainee being choked by a member of staff at a G4S run Immigration Removal Centre. The incident is part of a culture of ...