POA Scotland

20/05/2026

Comment on the recent HMIP report on Kilmarnock, and the imbalanced unfair treatment of public v private prisons.

20/05/2026

20/05/2026

Comment on the latest record overcrowding figures.

20/04/2026

A great article from our Assistant General Secretary, Phil Fairlie into the current challenges being faced by our membership daily within Prisons

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LAST autumn at the POA Scotland’s conference in Peebles, my union launched the Crisis Point Reached report, an in-depth examination of the pressures facing Scotland’s prison officers.The report was commissioned against a backdrop of record prisoner numbers and overcrowding, increasing levels of ...

31/03/2026

Yet again we send our thanks to Brian Leishman for his continued support in our fight to reduce the retirement age for Prison Officers.

27/03/2026

Overcrowding has again been shown at HMP Glenochil after Scotland recorded its highest prison population since records began.

24/03/2026

BBC radio lunchtime live today, talking about the new C&R roll out.

20/03/2026

Yet again we have the question dodged. Our fight will continue and we thank those who support us.

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12/03/2026

Today the family of John Renton MBE laid him to rest at a lovely service held in Dumfries.

John was the first ever General Secretary of the SPOA and served with great distinction from 1972, until 1989.
He was awarded an MBE in 1982 for his services to the trade union.

Despite having been retired for more than 30 years from the service, John was a regular attender to POA conferences throughout the whole of that time, until the last couple of years where his health did not allow it.

He was always genuinely interested in the conference agenda, and sat through hours of debate right until his last conference.

Our Assistant General Secretary Phil Fairlie, and Kathryn Fairlie attended the funeral on behalf of the The POA and to pay our collective respects to an absolute gentleman who holds a very dear place in the history of our trade union.