9 APRIL 2020
PRESS RELEASE
PRISON GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION – INSTALLATION OF SINGLE CELL UNITS
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The Prison Governors Association (PGA) welcomes the installation of 500 single cell units being placed into existing prisons. We need to move at pace with this initiative in order to delay and reduce the spread of Coronavirus in our prisons.
Overcrowding and double cell accommodation in a critical issue in prisons. This is a start, but much more needs to be done at speed in order to safeguard staff and prisoners during this epidemic in our prisons.
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Note for editors:
The Prison Governors Association was founded in October 1987 to represent the higher operational managers in the Prison Service in England and Wales. The PGA was placed on the register of Trade Unions on 6 November 1987 (No. 639T). On 28 July 1988 the Certification Officer under the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 issued the Prison Governors Association with a Certificate of Independence. The status of the Prison Governors Association is that of an independent registered Trade Union.
For more information contact James Bryant, PGA Office Manager, on 07884 434814.
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