President@Prison Governors’ Association

It’s a year since Covid was declared a global pandemic. The courage, commitment and selflessness shown since then by staff across the criminal justice sector, especially in our prisons, IRCs & APs, is a credit to you all. Thank you #HiddenHeroes! HiddenHeroes.uk

Some special photography this morning from Officer Hale on her way into work I’m sure you will agree! A rainbow to thank our amazing NHS and key workers across the country! #hmpexeter #hiddenheros 🌈

At @HMPEastwoodPark mothers have been using their in-cell telephony to read bedtime stories to their children. This idea was introduced by a senior prison officer, who edited well known children’s stories into short segments for women in prison to read 📖 #HiddenHeroes

We took time today to celebrate both #internationalwomensday2021 and #CommonwealthDay. Our women in the workplace champions organised ‘Let’s talk’ sessions focused on the motherhood gap and menopause at work. There was amazing support for the #ChooseToChallenge campaign too

Just some of the 160 books donated to our library for our residents to read. Thank you @westoncollege for organising this as part of yesterday’s yesterday’s #WorldBookDay

In Rutland I’m enormously relieved that we’re now down to a case rate of 95 per 100,000 thanks to the enormous hard work of @HMPStocken staff to contain & end the outbreak Also to residents for working so hard to adhere to restrictions. I fully expect rates to continue to fall 2/

Spent the afternoon with Lady Val and the rest of the judging panel deciding the winner of this years prestigious Robin Corbett Award for Prisoner Re-Integration. Great to see everyone even if it was virtual!

The PGA were just saying to Lucy Frazer last week that her tenure had been longer than most and this provided stability. We wait to meet our new Minister.

All change at @MoJGovUK as @lucyfrazermp fills in for Michael Ellis who fills in for Suella Braverman, who’s on maternity leave. It means another Minister will have to quickly get to grips with the ambitious prison building programme & the road from lockdown in jails.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9… Is this not a reason to prioritise entire prisons?

The daffs are out in my garden on the Gower Peninsular. Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus to all our Welsh friends and colleagues. Wear your daffodils with pride. Happy St David's Day!

We have been celebrating the huge contribution that LGBTQ+ people have made to our nation and the world this month. We have so much to learn from these inspirational figures and have been educating without prejudice. Our diversity is what makes us stronger

We applaud the work being done across @hmpps but we must all stand proud and continue the fight. We, like other TU’s across HMPPS see first hand where our colleagues are not being treated with respect, we are getting there but we all must stand up and rid our organisation of hate

Calling all HMPPS Aspiring Leaders. Our Aspiring Leaders toolkit is live. If you have the aspiration to move in to a leadership/manager role in the future then the toolkit is a great resource to help you on your journey. DM us to find out how and where you can access 👇

Exceptionally proud that the recent @HMIProbation report praised staff for their work during the pandemic. Well done and thank you to probation staff throughout England and Wales you are all #HiddenHeroes justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/i…

A good meeting with @lucyfrazermp today; as expected C19 featured heavily along with genuine praise for all those in @hmpps. We felt that the Minister understood the challenges prisons face as we prepare for recovery. We also demonstrated the frustrations our IT gives colleagues

If prisons are safe, then rather than prisoners being in the mindset of pure survival, they will feel more able to engage. Staff will be able to flourish once again in a working environment not built on hostility and fear. A win-win.

Prisoners feel safer in smaller groups so we must build a regime which follows this principle. Smaller numbers will give staff greater opportunity to build those rehabilitative relationships which we know are a key part of safety.

As we move to recover from Covid in prisons, there has been much learning from the experience. We must capitalise on this and use recovery as a launch pad for a safer future for staff and prisoners in our care.