Press Contacts
P J McParlin - National Chairman:
Mobile 07917 328700
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
POA welcome decision to retain Magilligan Prison
The POA have welcomed the announcement by Justice Minister David Ford that HMP Magilligan will remain open alongside a £202 million investment in the Northern Ireland prison estate.
POA call for all MPs to support the second reading of the protection of workers bill
The POA fully support Graeme Morrice MP in his attempt to get the Protection of Workers Bill through the Houses of Parliament.
POA respond to the independent think tank reform report
The POA do not believe the Government is wrong to stop the competition process during this Parliament as suggested by Reform.
POA Condemn Violence in Prisons
The murder of the prisoner Subhan Anwar at Long Lartin prison has once again highlighted the immense difficulties and stresses that prison officers endure on a daily basis.
Prison Closures Demonstration at House of Commons
The POA are holding a demonstration outside the House of Commons from 12.30pm onwards on Wednesday, 13th February 2013 where hundreds of prison officers will protest against prison closures, overcrowding and privatisation.
Rehabilitation revolution will fail with announcement of prison closures
The announcement that 6 prisons are to be closed in March 2013 will endanger the Government commitment to a rehabilitation revolution insist the POA.
POA welcome announcement of no more prison competition in this parliament
The POA have welcomed but remain cautious following the Justice Secretary’s announcement that prison competition is to end in this Parliament.
POA react with anger to prison sell-off
The decision to privatise public sector assets HMP Northumberland (HMPs Castington and Acklington) and the South Yorkshire Group of Moorland, Hatfield and Lindholme prisons is a disgraceful decision.
POA welcome the announcement to keep prisons public
The POA has welcomed the announcement from the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Rt. Hon. Chris Grayling) to keep HMPs Coldingley, Durham and Onley within the public sector prison service and to renationalise HMP The Wolds at the end of the current G4S contract in July 2013.
Cameron's sound bites
The proposals to increase the prison capacity and to get tough on crime, whilst relying on the private sector and payments by results is doomed to failure. The pilot introduced by previous administrations is not due to be evaluated until 2014 and therefore this announcement can only be seen as premature unless there is sufficient investment across the CJS.