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Bail hostel staff in strike vote

By John Hirst

Bail hostel staff in strike vote

Avon and Somerset Probation service staff are being balloted for strike action over plans to downgrade workers at some bail hostels.

Union leaders claim proposals to replace experienced workers with less experienced ones could pose a risk to staff and public safety.

The probation service said public protection was its main priority, but it also had to provide value for money.

If a strike goes ahead police officers would be used to run the hostels.

I think I have got a better idea. Withdraw the Army from Iraq and Afghanistan and mobilise the troops into the bail hostels. I remember when Frankland Prison first opened and the Prison Officer's Association refused to man the jail, so the Prison Service got the Army into run the jail. The downside to this was that when they withdrew they took everything with them that was not nailed down and the Prison Service had to refurbish the jail at the taxpayers expense!

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on June 24, 2008 (boomark / email).