Prison costs reach $21m before start

by Max Rashbrooke • September 13, 2011 • News, The NZ Herald • 0 Comments

The Government will spend $11 million on consultants and $10 million on internal costs before they start building a new prison in Auckland. Department of Corrections documents released under the Official Information Act show it is already employing 18 companies, including accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and British lawyers Allen & Overy, to help oversee the...