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Create a HM Prison service veterans badge in line with military veterans badge

Submitted by Terry Thrussell on Monday 3rd April 2023

Published on Wednesday 12th April 2023

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 12th October 2023

Signatures: 62

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Create a HM Prison service veterans badge in line with military veterans badge

Petition Details

Create an official HM prison service veterans badge. The military have an official veterans badge to recognise their service and HMP staff should be similarly recognised. HMP staff are verbally abused, assaulted, attacked with various weapons, including biological hazards, and manage self-harm.

Additional Information

HMP staff receive a long service medal for 20 years of continuous service. However, if staff leave before they reach 20 years’ service, they do not receive this medal. Many leave before with physical or psychological damage sustained in the course of carrying out their duties. Or simply because they do not feel valued or safe. HMP staff put themselves in harms way on a daily basis, working with some of the most violent and or psychologically damaged people in society. A badge is a small token.


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