The latest federal Report on Government Services has revealed that Western Australia has the highest rate of female imprisonment of all the States (bar the Northern Territory).The Productivity Commission’s report reveals WA has a female imprisonment rat ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union has warned that Bandyup women’s prison is at crisis point, after overcrowding reached a new record high.The prison population was at more than 355 this week, in a prison designed to house around 250 prisoners.WAPOU Secret ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union has called on the Corrective Services Minister to intervene in its pay dispute with Serco at the Wandoo Reintegration Facility.WAPOU and the CPSU/CSA have been negotiating with Serco for about nine months over a new Enterpr ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union said the State Government’s decision to impose a hiring freeze in the public service could have serious consequences for the state’s prison system.As part of its Mid-year Review, the government announced an immediate si ...

Staff at the Wandoo Reintegration Facility are taking further protected industrial action after failing to reach a pay deal with their employer Serco.Staff will walk off the job for four hours from 8am on Monday, which will have some impact on the operati ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union is very concerned that a delay in building women’s units at the male Hakea prison is going to add pressure to WA’s already overcrowded women’s prison.The State Government originally planned to open the women’s units ...

Staff at the Wandoo Reintegration Facility in Murdoch will take industrial action this morning, after Enterprise Agreement negotiations with employer Serco stalled.An overwhelming majority of staff voted to take an escalating range of actions, and this mo ...

Staff at the Wandoo Reintegration Facility have voted to take industrial action after Enterprise Agreement negotiations with employer Serco stalled.An overwhelming majority of staff have voted to take an escalating range of actions, from refusing to proce ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union has urged the State Government to reject the recommendations of the Economic Regulation Authority report into the efficiency of the WA prison system.One of the report’s main recommendations is that WA should introduce a c ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union is concerned the State Government’s new home burglary laws will put even more pressure on an already overcrowded prison system.The laws, which came into effect on the weekend, will tighten the state’s “three strikes†...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union has accused the Corrective Services Minister Joe Francis of completely dropping the ball in his portfolio, with prisoner numbers soaring and not enough staff to operate prisons safely.The number of prisoners has hit a new r ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union has rejected a recommendation by the Economic Regulation Authority that would result in an expensive bureaucratic overhaul of the Department of Corrective Services.The proposal is contained in a draft report released today ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union has called on the Corrective Services Minister to reconsider his refusal to impose a total smoking ban on prison grounds.The Minister Joe Francis recently told a Budget Estimates hearing that banning smoking was “a bridge ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union said the State Government was pushing ahead with its privatisation agenda for the state’s prison system, with the revelation that services at the new women’s facility could be privatised.The government has confirmed tha ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union has criticised the State Government’s decision to put WA’s prisoner transport contract out to competitive tender.The government has decided not to extend the contract currently held by Serco, which is due to expire on J ...