Sodexo Justice Services
Sodexo Justice Services (formerly United Kingdom Detention Services and Kalyx), a subsidiary of Sodexo, is a private prison operator in the United Kingdom and several other countries. The company changed its name to Sodexo Justice Services in 2011.
| Industry | Prison Service |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| Founder | Pierre Bellon |
| Parent | Sodexo |
As of 2023, the company fully operates six prisons in the United Kingdom. It served 84 prisons in other countries with non-management services, including maintenance, food services, laundry, prisoner education and work training, gardening, and transportation. Of these prisons, 34 were in France, 33 were in the Netherlands, and six or fewer were in each of Australia, Belgium, Chile, Sweden, Slovenia, Italy, and Germany.
In the United Kingdom, Sodexo Justice Services provides services to the Ministry of Justice: particularly design, construction, management and financing of contracts for PFI prisons. In December 2008, it opened a new prison in West Lothian on behalf of the Scottish Prison Service.