The current position of the General Secretary expires in May 2025 after Annual Conference.
General Secretary
ANNUAL CONFERENCE: EASTBOURNE 2024
Reflecting on POA membership growth, plans to work with the incoming government, and our fiveyear strategy.
WARNING SOME OF THESE PHOTOS ARE EXTREMELY GRAPHIC AND UPSETTING
Our campaign to tackle violence in the workplace goes to Westminster
Steve Gillan, POA General Secretary interviewed on Sky News regarding the rising violence against prison officers
Watch Steve Gillan interviewed on Sky News regarding the rising violence against prison officers
Steve Gillan responds on Sky News to a review of delays in the transfer of mentally unwell prisoners
Steve Gillan, POA General Secretary, responding on Sky News to His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor's thematic review of delays in the transfer of mentally unwell prisoners.
A BIG THANK YOU FROM STEVE GILLAN, GENERAL SECRETARY
Thank you to POA members
POLITICAL POSTURING ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
The country must be heading for a general election soon as the political rhetoric is being ramped up.
POA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2023 EASTBOURNE
At the start of POA annual conference in Eastbourne, General Secretary Steve Gillan reflects on changing attitudes to what’s happening behind those high walls.
Steve Gillan on Talk TV: Prisons in England and Wales are overcrowded and a ticking “time-bomb”
Watch Steve Gillan on Talk TV
TRADE UNION COUNCILS WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
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