Legal: HMP Nottingham
One Wednesday evening a couple of weeks ago our Branch secretary Jordan, phoned me to tell that the Government Legal Department (GLD) had notified him that they had declined to represent four of our members at an inquest at Nottinghamshire Coroner’s Court because their evidence was likely to conflict with the GLD. line. ‘You mean the inquest coming up in November?’ I replied. ‘No the one coming up on Monday,’ he said. ‘What?’ I replied.
SCOTLAND: TRIBUTE - JOHN SHANNON HLM
We are incredibly saddened to report the passing of John Shannon who was one of our HLM’s in Scotland. John had been ill for some time following a diagnosis of terminal cancer, but his death came as a shock to everyone, given how well he had been doing and was still incredibly active and in good spirits.
REFLECTING ON THE PANDEMIC
Earlier in the year I was interviewed by the Prison Service Journal and asked to offer my thoughts on how the service had managed during the pandemic.
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