Our members from BYDC will be meeting on Thursday 22 August 2019 at 1PM.
Special guest will be Adam Bretherton from Baycover Insurance Services who will be providing some information on the special benefits of the new Income Protection Insurance offered with premium Wo...
Youth Detention Officers at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre are sick and tired according to the members, clients and even Australian Workers Union (AWU) and Together Union (TU) Delegates and members who came along for the meetings.
Queensland State Government managed facility Borallon Correctional Centre is in the spotlight this week after the weekend incident that has left one Prisoner dead and his cell mate facing an extended stay.
Queensland's Courier Mail reported that "Prisoner Nick Triggs, 2...
Workers First and the Australian Prison Officers Association says there are some serious questions to be asked of both the Queensland Labor government and the United Voice Union which have recently condemned GEO’s management of the Arthur Gorrie correctional Centre.
On 4 April 2019, Queensland's Department of Corrective Services (DCS) released a media statement announcing that it had referred complaints to the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) concerning the alleged conduct of three (3) Prison Officers working at the Capricorn...
Youth detention centre staff have contacted the Australian Prison Officers Association concerned about the current level of staff vacancies, particularly on night-shifts.
There have been reports of young offenders breaking out of their cells during night shifts and...
In a shock move (for some), GEO and Serco Prison Officers wake this morning to the news that the private contracts held by their employers will go and administration of the two prisons under their control at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre and South East Queensland C...
In December 2018, Workers First and the Australian Prison Officers Association (APOA) travelled to South Australia via road, visiting New South Wales and Victorian members on the journey down and back to Queensland head office.
The Australian Prison Officers Association (APOA) was recently in Townsville assisting members and clients of Workers First and we were approached by several Prison Officers wanting to share their experiences working at Townsville Correctional Centre (TCC).
