A new report has highlighted rising attacks on staff inside a Prison estate which is unsafe for use and bursting at the seams.
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CIRC 020: POA TRAVEL INSURANCE
POAProtect offer travel insurance for members, but did you know this includes an award-winning medical cover with no upper age limit?
CIRC 019: EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS BILL AND PRISON OFFICERS RIGHT TO STRIKE
POA Circular 14/2025 explained to members that John McDonnell MP had submitted amendments to the Bill that would reinstate the basic human right of Prison Officers ability to withdraw their labour.
CIRC 018: NEC MINUTES
Please find attached NEC minutes for the 26th February 2025 for your information.
SCOTLAND: RE HONORARY LIFE MEMBER ANDREW (ANDY) HOGG; FORMER SCOTTISH ASSISTANT GENERAL SECRETARY
It is with great sadness that I am writing to inform you of the passing of our Honorary Life Member, and former Assistant General Secretary late last night.
Action Zone
Please contact your local MP, urging them to support the amendments. This can be done by following the link below:
https://unityconsulting.good.do/prisonofficersrighttostrike/poarighttostrike2025/
Prison Officers’ Association - Advert to ex-prison staff
Did you work at Medomsley Detention Centre, or interact with anyone who did? The PPO needs to hear from you. Click here to read more
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“The support from my union and Thompsons has been faultless. It’s reassuring to know that my family are now financially secure and we don’t have to worry about the cost of any treatment.”
Six-figure compensation awarded to Prison Officers’ Association member with lung cancer
Why join the POA?
We’ll support you when you have a problem at work and work to improve your Terms and Conditions. But that’s not all we’re about. Being a POA member also gives you access to a whole host of other benefits.
POA members gain from a wide range of benefits negotiated by your Union - with potential savings far above the cost of annual subscription! These are regularly updated and cover everything from lifestyle to health, motoring, technology, shopping, charity support, legal and financial. Here is a small sample:
- Health and wellbeing – savings, discounts, eyecare, counselling, rehabilitation services
- Legal Services – Personal Injury, Employment, Deaths in Custody, Will Writing
- Cars – breakdown cover, purchase discounts, hire, new and used vehicles
- Leisure and Travel – short breaks, holidays, car hire, travel insurance
- Financial Services – advisory services, savings and loans, cashbacks and discounts, help with difficulties, tax
- Insurance – Life Assurance, Income Protection, Vehicle and Home, Pet, Travel insurance
- Technology and Mobiles – group discount schemes
- Charities offering assistance to members – distress and hardship relief, money and debt problems, allowance and grants, confidential helpline
- Shop – food and household brands, goods and luxury items, payment cashback card, Blue Light discount card.
Representing over 30,000 Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers, the POA is the largest UK Union in this sector, able to trace its roots back more than 100 years.