UCU: Prison service education

Motion

Motion text: Conference objects to the right of prison governors permanently to exclude from their establishments, on 'security' grounds that are often not disclosed, members of civilian staffs employed by colleges and other contractors to deliver education programmes to inmates. Conference considers that the unrestrained exercise of this power, which often entails the technically fair dismissal of staff by their own employers without any substantial allegation or finding of misconduct, constitutes a denial of the fundamental human right to a fair trial. Conference urges UCU NEC to petition the Home Office to reintroduce throughout the Prison Service a standard procedure for appeals against exclusion.