The POA

11/06/2026

DRONE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS DO NOT GO FAR ENOUGH

https://www.poauk.org.uk/news-events/news-room/posts/2026/june/pr-310-drone-safety-improvements-do-not-go-far-enough/

The Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy, has announced that he is investing an extra £35m to fund tougher physical barriers to prevent the conveyance of illicit items by drones in 17 of our most at-risk Prisons.

09/06/2026

MPS REPORT ON PRISONS IN WALES CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO COLLECT DUST SAYS UNION

https://www.poauk.org.uk/news-events/news-room/posts/2026/june/pr-309-mps-report-on-prisons-in-wales-cannot-be-allowed-to-collect-dust-says-union/

A report by an influential House of Commons committee into “Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation” in Wales must result in its recommendations being implemented and cannot be allowed to sit on a shelf collecting dust, the Union representing the UK’s Prison Officers has said.

09/06/2026

HMP Woodhill Inspection is further evidence of the crisis in our Prisons, says the Prison Officers' Association

https://www.poauk.org.uk/news-events/news-room/posts/2026/june/pr-308-hmp-woodhill-inspection-is-further-evidence-of-the-crisis-in-our-prisons-says-the-prison-officers-association/

Buckinghamshire Prison, HMP Woodhill is still "unsafe, violent, dilapidated with drugs easily available," and some of the conditions were found by Prison Inspectors to be worse than at the time of the last inspection in 2023.

09/06/2026

Morning Star | HMP Woodhill inspection is further evidence of the crisis in our prisons, campaigners say

CAMPAIGNERS slammed the government’s “chronic problems” across the prison system after the publication of a damning report looking into a jail plagued by high rates of violence, self-harm and drug use.The Howard League for Penal Reform demanded the government fix the problems in “the dire ja...

09/06/2026

03/06/2026

Please urge your MP to support this parliamentary motion from calling for the Labour Government to reinstate Prison Officers' fundamental human right right to strike.

29/05/2026

Another Starmer U turn

28/05/2026

Keir Starmer is a human rights lawyer, yet he refuses to uphold Prison Officers' basic human rights at work - tell him our Prison Officers deserve justice. Reinstate the right to strike.

28/05/2026

POA Annual Conference Eastbourne 2026 - Day 2