Press Contacts
Colin Moses – National Chairman:
Mobile 07971 839602
Steve Gillan – General Secretary:
Mobile 07971 838590
Glyn Travis - Press Officer:
Mobile 07968 324045
POA Press Office:
020 8803 0255 Option 7
POA Press Releases
Prison Officer's bravery rewarded with reprimand
A prison officer at HMP Whatton has been suspended for 5 months, subjected to an investigation and finally reprimanded by the Governor, following his heroic actions to prevent injury to other staff and the attempts of an offender to "self harm".
POA Slam Crispin Blunt Justice Minister
The POA are concerned that Justice Minister Crispin Blunt is making a mockery of the Criminal Justice System, only months after taking up office.
POA Threaten Strike Action
The POA have reacted furiously to the Justice Secretary’s proposed extension of the private sector at the expense of prison officer jobs.
Unions come together to fight the cuts
A number of unions have come together under the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group (TUCG) to fight the 'grotesque' public sector cuts - as the Con-Dem Government indicate that it will be ordinary people who will have to pay for a financial crisis not of their making.
POA Call for Cessation of PFI Prisons
The POA have called for the prisons built under the Private Finance Initiative to be halted and a real public debate to commence regarding how sentencing and rehabilitation is dealt with.nd the Government.
Iqbal v POA Leeds County Court decision overturned on false imprisonment
The Court of Appeal have overturned a decision by the Leeds County Court determination, that a prisoner was falsely imprisoned following a strike on 29th August 2007, by POA members.
Prison Officers - Professionals, not mere Warders
Leaders of the POA welcome the Press Release from Sir Alan Beith, M.P. Chairman of the Justice Committee in the last Parliament.
POA Debate No Strike Agreement
Delegates from throughout the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland gather in Portsmouth this week to celebrate the POA’s 71st Annual Conference at the Guildhall and will debate the possibility of entering into a no strike agreement in return for legally binding arbitration through a partnership agreement with NOMS and the Government.
Regimes in Prisons
Delegates from throughout the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland gather in Portsmouth this week to celebrate the POA’s 71st Annual Conference at the Guildhall and members will debate whether current prison regimes address offending behaviour and provide value for money to the tax payer in light of the National Audit Office report dated 10th March 2010.
Prisons are Not for Profit
Delegates from throughout the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland gather in Portsmouth this week to celebrate the POA’s 71st Annual Conference at the Guildhall and will hold a lunch time demonstration outside on Tuesday the 11th May over the Privatisation of Prisons.