News Room

Please find attached the Certificate of Result from Civica Election Services.

As you are aware the NEC are committed to the continued training and development of local Branch Officials.

Violence and exposure to traumatic incidents is a daily experience for Prison Officers in England and Wales and the situation is getting worse according to the latest statistics published by the Ministry of Justice. 

It has been a while since I last did an update. I recognise the National Chair Mark Fairhurst does a monthly update so there is little point in being repetitive but there are some important issues for me to report to you on.

The union representing the UK's 35,000 prison officers has welcomed the trial introduction of tasers in prisons.

Detention Custody Officers at the Gatwick Immigration Removal Centres are celebrating a major victory following the outcome of an employment tribunal case.

Please find attached NEC minutes for the 9^th July 2025 for your information.

Jackie Marshall NEC reports on the work of the Health & Safety Consultative Committee

The provision of PPE in prisons must not be an afterthought, says HMP Send’s Gary Milsom-James

There’s no sugarcoating it; Scotland’s prison system is in crisis. Overcrowding is at record levels, staffing is dangerously low, and violence is on the rise. But let’s be absolutely clear, it is our members who are being forced to hold the line in impossible circumstances