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Please find attached NEC minutes for the 22^nd January 2025 for your information.

Labour should deliver on its promise to introduce the “biggest wave of insourcing in a generation” by bringing prisons maintenance contracts back “in house”, says the union representing the UK’s 32,000 Prison Officers and Operational Support Staff. 

The Union representing the UK’s 35,000 prison officers has called for urgent action to address longstanding concerns of their members at HMP Durham. 

The TUC have recently conducted research into the effects of night work on workers.

The Durham Miners Gala takes place on Saturday 12 July 2025. The POA have had a presence at the Gala for many years.

The Union representing the UK’s 35,000 Prison and Operational Support Grade Officers is calling for urgent action to address soaring levels of violence in jails in England and Wales. 

Please bring the contents of this circular to the attention of all POA members.

Prison Officers and those working in Operational Support Grades in England and Wales need an urgent pay rise to help address recruitment and retention problems across the prison estate.

Please find attached NEC minutes for the 8th January 2025 for your information.

Union says Winchester is a damning example of the crisis in the Prison Service