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Mark Fairhurst Chair of the Prison Officers Association said: "The Justice System lurches from crisis to crisis. The prison estate cannot cope with the existing prison population and now the Government has announced they can cope with unpredicted rises in the prison population without explaining where all the additional staff will come from..."

The POA's Assistant General Secretary Mick Pimblett discusses the POA’s stance on the lack of rights to any form of industrial action for prison workers and the absence of their reinstatement from the Government's new Workers Rights Bill

POA General Secretary Steve Gillan calls on all MPs to stand up for working people by supporting John McDonnell’s amendments to the Workers Rights Bill

Watch National Chair Mark Fairhurst give evidence at Justice and Home Affairs Committee Tuesday 14 January 2025

Did you work at Medomsley Detention Centre, or interact with anyone who did? The PPO needs to hear from you.

Watch the tribute to Joe Simpson

If you still pay tax, even if it’s just on your pension, there’s a fairly high chance you may have paid too much.

Read the POAs briefing paper attached

The newly revamped POA retired members committee are keen to compile the contact details of all retired members.

As I drove into Eastbourne on the Monday before conference with my fellow delegate and observer, I can remember being filled with apprehension on what the first day would bring and how nervous I would be, standing up in front of my peers from around the United Kingdom and those of the National Executive Committee, speaking for the first time.