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Prisons at breaking point

As members are aware, Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) is at the point where there are no more beds available to house the ever increasing inmate population. Late last year, PSA General Secretary Anne Gardiner wrote to the Premier with her grave concerns about the failure to plan for increasing numbers. Read Anne Gardiner’s letter HERE. Following several meetings with PSA delegates and staff, Commissioner Peter…

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POVB News January 2015

POVB Bulletin January 2015 (PDF version) FROM THE CHAIR Inmate state and overcrowding CSNSW wrote to the PSA General Secretary and indicated that they wished to formally commence the consultation process to increase bed numbers at various Centres throughout NSW. This request was on the tail of a letter from the General Secretary to Premier Mike Baird requesting that the Government take urgent action to…

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POVB News

POVB News November 2014 (PDF version) Haemorrhagic Fever EBOLA Recently a member asked what CSNSW’s process was for dealing with EBOLA. This was put to Senior Managers of the Department in the Consultative Forum and we received a response that can be condensed down to the following. CSNSW advised that CSNSW works with the health and other public sector agencies and that well-established pandemic plans…

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Corrective Services POVB/COVB/ non-Custodial Industrial Bulletin

Corrective Services Bulletin October 2014 (PDF version) All branches of the PSA membership met with CSNSW Executive on Tuesday, 23 September 2014 to discuss the upcoming budgetary requirements for the period 2014-15. In that meeting PSA representatives were advised of the $24 million dollar shortfall in the budget for the financial year. Due to a commitment from the NSW Attorney General, CSNSW brought in all…

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PSA News – 25 September 2014

Riot at Goulburn prison highlights need for proper workers comp MEDIA RELEASE 22 September 2014 The riot at the maximum security Goulburn Prison over the weekend highlighted the need for proper workers compensation for the state’s Prison Officers said the Public Service Association (PSA). While no officers were injured in the disturbance which involved approximately 30 inmates, injuries to Prison Officers are common in overcrowded…

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