After more inaction by the Barnett Government the WA Prison Officers’ Union have taken the decision to relaunch their ‘Respect the Risk’ television advertising campaign.WAPOU Secretary John Welch said prison officers were tired of waiting for the Ba ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union has called on the Premier to immediately rule out the introduction of a needle exchange program in the state’s jails.The union’s call was prompted after Mental Health Minister Helen Morton told a Drug and Alcohol forum ...

This morning’s serious incident at Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre has exposed the inadequacies of the way we incarcerate both juveniles and adult prisoners in unsuitable and unsafe conditions.WA Prison Officers’ Union secretary John Welch said ...

A new report into Hakea Prison backs prison officers’ claims of poor management at the prison and the need for urgent change and investment in infrastructure.The report, by the Inspector of Custodial Services Neil Morgan, found that relationships betwee ...

After 13 assaults over the holiday season and nearly 100 in the last year 3 more prison officers have been assaulted at Wooroloo Prison over the weekend.An officer was seeking to manage the visits at Wooroloo Prison when he had need to speak to a priso ...

With Perth’s temperature continuing to rise tempers are beginning to flare in the state’s overcrowded prison system.At least three prison officers at Hakea Prison were assaulted yesterday in the latest confrontation at a Western Australian prison.The ...

A violent prisoner has assaulted another three prison officers at Casuarina Prison today just over a week after he attacked five officers while being escorted to make a telephone call.The prisoner, who has been under increased scrutiny since last week’s ...

Prison Officers at Hakea, Casuarina and Bandyup Prisons will meet today to discuss the Department of Corrective Services’ offer of a new enterprise bargaining agreement.The Officers will attend hour-long special ‘branch meetings’ outside the prison ...

The Department of Corrective Services will sit down with the Prison Officers’ Union today almost three months after first being approached to commence talks on a new enterprise bargaining agreement.Prison Officers have been calling for months for proper ...

Three prison officers were assaulted at Casuarina Prison today while escorting a prisoner from his cell to make his daily telephone call.The unprovoked attack has resulted in the officers being sent to hospital for immediate medical attention.WA Prison Of ...

Official figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show Western Australia’s prisons have the second highest imprisonment rates in the country.The ABS “Prisoners in Australia, 2012” report shows that while Australia has a current ...

Prison Officers at three Western Australian regional prisons will meet today to discuss the Department of Corrective Services’ response to their request to commence talks on a new enterprise bargaining agreement.Officers at Greenough, Albany and Bunbury ...

Prison Officers from Hakea and Casuarina Prisons will gather outside the Office of the Member for Southern River, Peter Abetz MLA, today to raise awareness of the risks faced by local Prison Officers who help manage some of the state’s most violent indi ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union is visiting Bunbury and the South West region today to raise awareness of the risks faced by local Prison Officers who help manage some of the state’s most violent individuals.Bunbury Regional Prison like another 12 of We ...

Two more prison officers at Hakea Prison have been assaulted at work over the past few days bringing the total to five attacks this week, after three prison officers were assaulted at Greenough Regional Prison over the weekend.One officer was rushed at an ...