Prison officers feel 'under threat from all sides'

The research involved 76 interviews with all ranks from prison officer to governor, complemented by data from a survey distributed to every prison in the State and which received 544 responses.

Prison officers feel "under threat from all sides", including from the top levels of the Irish Prison Service and from the public, according to
comprehensive new research.

The findings are outlined in an article entitled ‘There are Fourteen Grey Areas’: ‘Jailing’, Professionalism and Legitimacy in Prison Officers’ Occupational Cultures , published in the most recent edition of the Irish Probation Journal.