BBC Radio 4's current affairs documentary series 'File on 4' is making a 40-minute programme to be broadcast on the 15th March about mental illness in prisons and the problems transferring prisoners to hospitals in the community.
POA Circulars
NEC MINUTES
Please find attached NEC minutes for 26th January 2022 for your information.
CIRC 010: POA RESPONSE TO PRISONS WHITE PAPER
Further to POA Circular 116/2021 which outlined the NEC initial view to the Prison White Paper as set out by Government on 7th December 2021, the National Chairman and I have now sent in a response to the formal consultation, which ends on the 4th February 2022 (Please find attached).
CIRC 009: NATIONAL CHAIR UPDATE JANUARY 2022
Please bring the contents of this circular to the attention of all POA members
CIRC 008: NEC MINUTES
Please find attached NEC minutes for 12th January 2022 for your information.
CIRC 006: POA URGE MEMBERS TO CONTACT MPS – SAFE INSIDE BILL
The POA urge members to write to their local MP and ask them to support Grahame Morris MP’s Prisons (Violence) Bill, aka the “Safe Inside Law” which returns to Parliament on 25th February 2022.
CIRC 005: PENSION DISCRIMINATION: MEMBERS WHO HAVE RETIRED OR ARE RETIRING SOON
You will recall that we have fought and won Tribunal cases for members who were members of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) and who were required to transfer to the Alpha Pension Scheme that was introduced in 2015.
CIRC 004: HMPPS MENOPAUSE FACEBOOK SUPPORT GROUP
As members are aware the POA Health and Safety Whitley Committee have been campaigning for a menopause policy for members to be produced by HMPPS. HMPPS have now realised they need a policy and work has started on producing it.
CIRC 002: INITIAL BRANCH OFFICIALS TRAINING (BOT): 28 FEBRUARY – 3 MARCH 2022 THE QUORN GRANGE HOTEL – LOUGHBOROUGH
As you are aware POA Circular 114/2021 requested expressions of interest to attend the above training. Unfortunately, due to the current Omicron variant and related problems, it has been decided to postpone this training.
CIRC 001: NEC MINUTES
Please find attached NEC minutes for 15th December and Special NEC minutes for the 21st December 2021 for your information.
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