Press Releases

Health Secretary Yvette Cooper must take care of 'unfinished business' and conclude Government talks to fix deep-seated problems with NHS pay structure, unions say today (Friday).

The Leaders of trade unions, Royal Colleges and staff associations representing workers in Prisons and the wider Criminal Justice System have written to the Prime Minister calling for a Royal Commission into the failing Criminal Justice System.

The union representing the UK's 35,000 Prison Officers is calling for urgent action to address prison violence. The call came following the publication of the latest Safety in Custody statistics from the Ministry of Justice in England and Wales.

The Prison Officers' Association (POA) has expressed its full support and solidarity with Prison Officers at Les Nicolles Prison in Guernsey who are currently undertaking industrial action in response to long-standing concerns over pay, staffing, recruitment, retention and increasing workplace pressures.

The Prison Officers' Association (POA) today thanked the outgoing Prisons Minister, Lord Timpson, for the constructive engagement he showed with the union during his time in office, while calling on the Government to seize the opportunity presented by his departure to finally deliver workplace justice and dignity for Prison Officers.

Responding to the Lord Chancellor David Lammy’s announcement of an independent review of Prisons, to be chaired by former Home Secretary Amber Rudd, the POA leadership have reacted with bewilderment.

The Leader of the Union representing the UK's 35,000 Prison Officers has called for "urgent action and investment" to address the crisis in the UK's Prisons and stem the rising tide of violence faced by his members.

The Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy, has announced that he is investing an extra £35m to fund tougher physical barriers to prevent the conveyance of illicit items by drones in 17 of our most at-risk Prisons.

A report by an influential House of Commons committee into “Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation” in Wales must result in its recommendations being implemented and cannot be allowed to sit on a shelf collecting dust, the Union representing the UK’s Prison Officers has said. 

Buckinghamshire Prison, HMP Woodhill is still "unsafe, violent, dilapidated with drugs easily available," and some of the conditions were found by Prison Inspectors to be worse than at the time of the last inspection in 2023.