CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL – WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Prison cops

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Original article by Grant Taylor
The West Australian – Page: 1 : 28-Aug-14

Western Australia’s Department of Corrective Services and the organised crime squad will form a specialist task force to address the issue of organised crime in the prison system. The task force has been set up in response to a police investigation dubbed "Operation Ulysses", which revealed that prison officers have been smuggling drugs into the state’s prisons. Three prison staff were arrested as part of the investigation

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF CORRECTIVE SERVICES, WESTERN AUSTRALIAN POLICE SERVICE

Big pay rise for Serco guards

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Original article by Daniel Emerson
The West Australian – Page: 3 : 24-Jun-14

Security firm Serco runs the sole private prison in Western Australia (WA) for the State Government. A deal was agreed on with the aid of the Community & Public Sector Union / Civil Service Association in 2006, under which the 220-plus staff at the Acacia facility receive the same pay as government officers. This means a wage rise of a minimum 4.25% in 2015, while those of police and other emergency services personnel are limited to the CPI of 2.75%. The WA Prison Officers Union now covers the Serco employees, and says the parity clause is crucial to keeping staff retention levels high

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SERCO GROUP PTY LTD, WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PRISON OFFICERS’ UNION OF WORKERS, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SECTOR UNION, CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF CORRECTIVE SERVICES, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF TREASURY AND FINANCE