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The Prison Officers' Association (POA) is a trade union representing prison officers in Ireland. The union was founded in 1947 by prison officers working at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin . Although it gradually established branches at other prisons, progress was slow, and the Mountjoy branch committee continued to run the union's national operation.
As of February 2021, the prison population in Ireland was 3,729. [12] In December 2020, the incarceration rate was approximately 73 per 100,000 inhabitants. [12] The proportions in the prison population are; 17.6% are pre-trial and remand prisoners, 4.2% are females, 1.0% are under the age of 18, and 13.3% of the prisoners are foreign.
Loughan House Open Centre (/ l ɒ k ˈ æ n /; [1] Irish: Teach an Locháin) is a low-security, open detention centre in Blacklion, County Cavan, Ireland. It was purchased by the Department of Justice in 1972 to be converted to a prison facility. It is low security, and caters for male inmates. [2] Its current governor is Mr Mark Lydon.
Released from prison during 2021 he remembers the fear when his parole officer demanded he get work within two weeks. With a conviction for armed robbery, despite time served, he struggled to land ...
A prison officer (PO) or corrections officer (CO), also known as a correctional law enforcement officer or less formally as a prison guard, is a uniformed law enforcement official responsible for the custody, supervision, safety, and regulation of prisoners. They are responsible for the security of the facility and its property as well as other ...
A modern Category A prison housing adult male long-term sentenced and remand prisoners. Various units in the establishment also accommodate Category B and C prisoners. The prison also houses a working-out unit, where prisoners can leave the prison for short periods under direct supervision, and Burren House, a detachment of Maghaberry on Crumlin Road, Belfast, serves as a Category D unit.
This right was restored in 2004 to prison officers in the public sector in England, Wales and Scotland, but not in Northern Ireland or to prison officers in the private sector. On 29 August 2007, the POA started a 24-hour walkout of prisons, picketing establishments asking Prison Officers not to attend work for their shift.
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