What it really costs to be a prison officer

I AM a prison officer who wishes to tell anyone interested something about me, my job and the overtime issue.

What it really costs to be a prison officer
Tue, 28 Oct, 2003 - 00:00

Overtime, much of it compulsory, has robbed me of something that no minister can ever give me back watching my four children grow up.

So I welcome Justice Minister Michael McDowell's decision to focus prison staffs minds on the truth that we have had to work disgracefully long hours for years to make a decent living.

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