Prison officers at Risley Prison in Warrington and at two prisons in Lancaster took part in wildcat strikes today in solidarity with staff in Liverpool, who walked out on Tuesday. The strike by hundreds of officers forced the governor of HMP Liverpool to bow to the pressure and agree to talks with the Prison Officers’ Association (POA).
The strikes started over allegations of bullying by senior management of HMP Liverpool. Though today’s wildcats were taken in solidarity with the Liverpool action, they also seem to have been prompted by concerns over health and safety at Risley, where staff cuts are being threatened to make up for a £1 million budget deficit.
Staff at Preston prison as well as those at Wandsworth and Cardiff added to the pressure by threatening to join the strike unless managers agreed to talks with the concerned parties. Mark Freeman from POA confirmed that since their demands had been met all workers would be returning to work.
“The Prison Service, after 25 hours, gave us what we asked for on the very first hour of this walkout. If they had given it to us then none of the other prisons would have walked out,” he said.
While the strikes went on the prisoners were said to be locked in their cells and the jail staffed solely by managers. The prison service claims that the facilities were safe and secure during the strikes, a claim the POA denies.
http://themule.info/article/wildcat-strike-at-risley-prison
Staff at Preston prison as well as those at Wandsworth and Cardiff added to the pressure by threatening to join the strike unless managers agreed to talks with the concerned parties. Mark Freeman from POA confirmed that since their demands had been met all workers would be returning to work.
“The Prison Service, after 25 hours, gave us what we asked for on the very first hour of this walkout. If they had given it to us then none of the other prisons would have walked out,” he said.
While the strikes went on the prisoners were said to be locked in their cells and the jail staffed solely by managers. The prison service claims that the facilities were safe and secure during the strikes, a claim the POA denies.
http://themule.info/article/wildcat-strike-at-risley-prison
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Ropes Not Rises
18.11.2009 23:32
These wankers don't even deserve the title of being working class, just dirty traitors to their own.
Ropes Not Rises is what I say!
(A) Punk
people who rape,murder & rob ruthlesly off average people deserve prison
19.11.2009 04:19
Many in prison unions & on the streets are saying lock up people like Blair for war crime, what would you propose??, even if we have a democratic revolution tomorrow there will still be a need for prisons&reform centres,though this would eventually lessen.
Birdman
Screw the screws
19.11.2009 10:14
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19.11.2009 17:55
Nonviolence and its Violent consequences:
How Nonviolence protects the State:
On Prison I haven't found any documents I can recommend. It seems to me that if we want to live in an equal society then there will be no prisons. It's important to remember that POA members do "rape,murder & rob ruthlessly off average people"; watch Scum if you don't believe me. It's true that there are social problems but that does not in itself prove that inequalities maintained by state violence are the best way to deal with them. We are getting in to Utopian Fiction but one idea is to warn and educate people and to use expulsion and or even death as a last resort.
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