The WA Prison Officers’ Union has called for the government to open four empty prison units to alleviate overcrowding in the state’s prison system.The Union’s Secretary John Welch said the government had spent $67 million dollars building five new p ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union is shocked by a document which recommends privatising more prison services and reducing the drug testing of prisoners to save the government money.The document is a summary of budget savings drawn up by the Corrective Servi ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union has called for private contractor Serco to be stripped of its prisoner transport contract, after the Corrective Services Commissioner admitted it was responsible for the escape of two prisoners in Geraldton.Commissioner McM ...

The WA Prison Officers Union (WAPOU) and State Government have reached an ‘in principle’ wage deal following months of negotiation and widespread industrial action.Union Secretary John Welch congratulated his members on their efforts to get appropria ...

Media reports state one of WA's former top judges, Antoinette Kennedy, has today echoed the long-standing concern of prison officers – overcrowding in prisons has reached crisis point and urgent action is needed to fix the problem.WA Prison Officers ...

The Liberal Party’s promise to fund mobile policing units must be backed by funding to ensure that extra pressure is not placed upon WA’s already overcrowded prisons, the WA Prison Officers Union said today.Today’s announcement follows promises of o ...

A female officer was punched in the face, while her colleague had blood spat in his face at Hakea prison yesterday.The officers were assaulted when they intervened in an altercation between two prisoners at the video court area, where prisoners attend cou ...

The Liberal Party’s promise to fund out-of-hours court sittings does not explain how it will pay for additional prison officers to deal with any extra burden on the prison system, the WA Prison Officers’ Union said today.If the purpose of the addition ...

The Western Australian Prison Officer’s Union warns the overcrowding of the state’s prisons has contributed to the recent assault of three prison officers at Albany Regional Prison.About 20 prisoners were involved in a brawl when a prisoner had to be ...

Prison Officers at two of WA’s biggest prisons have stopped work this morning to consider where next in their campaign following the breakdown of negotiations between their union and the state government.Officers at Casuarina and Hakea Prisons will meet ...

WA Prison Officers are angry after negotiations between their union and the state government reached a stalemate yesterday.The talks broke down when the Department of Corrective Services reneged on providing in writing a previously discussed verbal offer. ...

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 ...