Prison officers drunk while on duty

hawkelady

According to the head of the prison service !!! I personally don’t believe it for one minute ... I’ll put up a link soon

dodderangler

hawkelady wrote: »

According to the head of the prison service !!! I personally don’t believe it for one minute ... I’ll put up a link soon

Funny you mention it. I know of a lad in the local that is a prison guard and he is Always on the sauce among other stuff aswell.

hawkelady

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/jail-staff-drunk-on-duty-and-not-doing-night-checks-says-director-of-prisons-38298546.html

hawkelady

dodderangler wrote: »

Funny you mention it. I know of a lad in the local that is a prison guard and he is Always on the sauce among other stuff aswell.

During his working hours ???

Allinall

If it's ok for the prisoners, then why not?

If I was a prison officer, I'd want something extra to get me through the day.

JMNolan

hawkelady wrote: »

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/jail-staff-drunk-on-duty-and-not-doing-night-checks-says-director-of-prisons-38298546.html

What's with the huge photo of yer one?

Allinall

Allinall wrote: »

If it's ok for the prisoners, then why not?

If I was a prison officer, I'd want something extra to get me through the day.

Im one and I think it's absolutely disgraceful. Officers should hold themselves to a higher standard than the people society have deemed criminal. Plus they're supposed to be looking after inmates. Imagine a nurse being locked in a ward.

It's inexcusable but thankfully it's not as rampant as a even a decade ago. Seems to be a culture among staff that's dwindling.

Allinall

Omackeral wrote: »

Im one and I think it's absolutely disgraceful. Officers should hold themselves to a higher standard than the people they're supposed to caring for. Imagine a nurse being locked in a ward.

It's inexcusable but thankfully it's not as rampant as a even a decade ago. Seems to be a culture among staff that's dwindling.

I should have put a smiley after my post.

It was in jest.

Allinall

Allinall wrote: »

I should have put a smiley after my post.

It was in jest.

You wouldn't know on this forum!

kneemos

Being drunk at work is a sackable offence just about everywhere.
Anybody in charge of these people,or do the inmates run the asylum?

vicwatson

Eh can’t they just be sacked?

Badly Drunk Boy

vicwatson wrote: »

Eh can’t they just be sacked?

I'm sure they can be, but an employer sometimes has to show that they have first tried to help an employee with a drink (or other) problem. It can lessen the chances of unfair dismissal cases being brought in the future.

Allinall

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I'm sure they can be, but an employer sometimes has to show that they have first tried to help an employee with a drink (or other) problem. It can lessen the chances of unfair dismissal cases being brought in the future.

Speaking from experience, eh?

kneemos

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I'm sure they can be, but an employer sometimes has to show that they have first tried to help an employee with a drink (or other) problem. It can lessen the chances of unfair dismissal cases being brought in the future.

Do they ****. They're first and only duty is the safety of staff and inmates,including the drunk one.

hawkelady

Omackeral wrote: »

Im one and I think it's absolutely disgraceful. Officers should hold themselves to a higher standard than the people society have deemed criminal. Plus they're supposed to be looking after inmates. Imagine a nurse being locked in a ward.

It's inexcusable but thankfully it's not as rampant as a even a decade ago. Seems to be a culture among staff that's dwindling.

Wow. So it actually happens !! What percentage of the staff do it ? Do they drink in front of people or do they sneak off to the toilets to neck a bottle ..I can’t understand how it’s tolerated at all.

Badly Drunk Boy

Allinall wrote: »

Speaking from experience, eh?

Not quite. I've been working in the same private sector place for many years, so I've seen how it's handled.

kneemos wrote: »

Do they ****. They're first and only duty is the safety of staff and inmates,including the drunk one.

Okay, they don't have to, but sometimes they do.

hawkelady

hawkelady wrote: »

Wow. So it actually happens !! What percentage of the staff do it ? Do they drink in front of people or do they sneak off to the toilets to neck a bottle ..I can’t understand how it’s tolerated at all.

I think it's more a case of reporting into work under the influence rather than drinking on the sly in a bathroom. That would include reporting back on duty after break periods.

branie2

They should be sacked if caught

Tabnabs

branie2 wrote: »

They should be sacked if caught

When was the last time you heard of a public sector worker being sacked?

Bio Mech

Omackeral wrote: »

Im one and I think it's absolutely disgraceful.

One = prisoner or prison officer?

Bio Mech

Bio Mech wrote: »

One = prisoner or prison officer?

Officer, as per the thread title.

suicide_circus

JMNolan wrote: »

What's with the huge photo of yer one?

the Indo loves a milf

Bio Mech

Omackeral wrote: »

Officer, as per the thread title.

Question was as per the post you responded to which referred to both

Force Carrier

They're probably all on the hooch.

That Karen one can't even spell her own name.

Bob Harris

Omackeral wrote: »

Im one and I think it's absolutely disgraceful. Officers should hold themselves to a higher standard than the people society have deemed criminal. Plus they're supposed to be looking after inmates. Imagine a nurse being locked in a ward.

Well then someone would have to find a key and let them out.

laoisgem

I personally know of one P.O that was given a promotion and was that drunk he was unable to walk across the yard to the Governor's office to accept it. You can probably guess from my username where the prison is, altho we do have 2