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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.
The jail industry in India is governed by the Prisons Act, 1894, and the Prison Manual, which outline the rules and regulations for the operation of prisons. Inmates serving their sentences are expected to perform labour in the facility's workshops or industries.
Irish soldiers in the British Indian Army (9 P) Pages in category "Irish expatriates in British India" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
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.
The term "prison officer" is used for the role in the UK [2] and Ireland. [3] It is the official English title in Denmark, [4] Finland, [5] Sweden [6] and Poland. [7] The term "corrections officer" or "correction officer" is used in the U.S. [8] [9] and New Zealand. [10] The term "correctional police officer" or "CPO" is used in New Jersey.
The situation remained thus until in 1999 the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, John O'Donoghue established the Irish Prison Service as an agency to administer Irish prisons. Also in 1999, the Minister created the Prisons Authority Interim Board, whose members were appointed by the Minister, as an advisory board to the Irish Prison ...
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.
This right was restored in March 2005 to prison officers in the public sector in England, Wales and Scotland, [a] but not in Northern Ireland or to prison custody 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.