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Safe Staffing Review
Over the past few months the Department of Corrective Services has been conducting a review of prison officer staffing requirements and prison operations throughout Western Australia – “The Safe Staffing Review”.
To date, Your Union has been involved in two rounds of discussions with the Safe Staffing Review Team. There is a clear difference of opinion between WAPOU and the Department about the approach they have taken which is based on creating benchmarks to standardise levels of staffing for a range of functions.
WAPOU have made it very clear that only an assessment of the actual workload performed will allow for the appropriate levels of staffing to be determined.
WA’S prison system is under fire after a comprehensive staff survey revealed fears about workforce shortages, misconduct, racism and bullying.
The Sunday Times has obtained results from the biggest staff survey ever undertaken by the Department of Corrective Services, the fourth-biggest government employer.
About 1800 employees were questioned as part of the survey, conducted over two months in late 2010, which found:
- Prison Inspector says Bunbury Prison staff at risk while facility bursts at the seams. 20 January, 2012
The WA Prison Officers’ Union (WAPOU) has called on the Barnett Government to fix the serious concerns raised by the Inspector of Custodial Services in his report into Bunbury Regional Prison released today. WAPOU Secretary John Welch said the Ins...
- Promised Prison beds at Greenough still not delivered 14 November, 2011
In November 2009 the Barnett Government announced a new male maximum-security unit would be built at Greenough Prison then months later decided not to site the unit at Greenough but announced they would build a female unit in its place. It’s now N...
- No benefit but serious risk with decision to outsource new Young Offenders Facility 1 November, 2011
The WA Prison Officers’ Union (WAPOU) has called on the Barnett Government to reverse its decision to outsource a new Young Adults Facility. Expressing disappointment at the announcement today, WAPOU Secretary John Welch said he was very surprised...
- WAPOU calls for independent analysis into costs of privatised prisons 20 May, 2011
The WA Prison Officers Union (WAPOU) is calling for an independent analysis into the real costs of running privatised prisons after the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services released a report into Acacia Prison that failed to account for severa...
- Lives put at risk with renewal of privatised prison transport 5 May, 2011
The WA Prison Officers Union (WAPOU) has today slammed the WA government’s decision to award global private company, Serco, with the responsibility of WA’s prisoner transport, court security and other custodial services operations. “The privat...
