MTCnovo, a partnership between US correctional facility provider MTC, criminal justice charities and UK-based firm Amey, was awarded a five-year contract to take over the running of Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre (STC) in September.
But children’s rights campaign group Article 39 is concerned that MTCnovo has no experience in running a STC.
Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39, said the group is particularly concerned by an “opaque” response from government justice minister Lord Faulks to a parliamentary question on the firm’s suitability.
Labour peer Lord Beecham asked what assessment the government had made of MTCnovo’s experience in running “residential establishments that care for vulnerable children” or whether the firm had breached any human rights or equality laws in the UK or abroad.
In response, Lord Faulks said MTC and their main partner Amey were subject to "robust and rigorous assessment at the pre-qualification stage of the competition".
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