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26/06/2023
Party Leaders Come Out In Support Of NI Prison Service
The leaders of the DUP, Alliance Party, UUP and SDLP have issued a joint statement in support of those working in the NI Prison Service and the PSNI.
The statement comes after video footage appeared online showing people removing Prison Service recruitment posters and posting anti-PSNI posters.
The joint statement said: "We offer our full support to all those working within these services, and to the recruitment process underway within the Prison Service.
"There can be no place for those who engage in threats or intimidation towards those who serve the community as Prison Officers or within the PSNI. Those engaging in such tactics do not speak for the people who we represent as political leaders.
"We encourage everyone in our society to consider the PSNI and the NI Prison Service as valuable career opportunities."
The statement was signed by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP, Naomi Long MLA, Doug Beattie MLA, and Colum Eastwood MP - Leader of the Social Democratic & Labour Party.
Separately, Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly has said the destruction of posters is wrong.
The party's policing spokesperson said: "The destruction of prison service posters in Derry or political posters on bonfires, is absolutely wrong.
"Everyone should be able to carry out their work free from intimidation and harassment."
The statement comes after video footage appeared online showing people removing Prison Service recruitment posters and posting anti-PSNI posters.
The joint statement said: "We offer our full support to all those working within these services, and to the recruitment process underway within the Prison Service.
"There can be no place for those who engage in threats or intimidation towards those who serve the community as Prison Officers or within the PSNI. Those engaging in such tactics do not speak for the people who we represent as political leaders.
"We encourage everyone in our society to consider the PSNI and the NI Prison Service as valuable career opportunities."
The statement was signed by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP, Naomi Long MLA, Doug Beattie MLA, and Colum Eastwood MP - Leader of the Social Democratic & Labour Party.
Separately, Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly has said the destruction of posters is wrong.
The party's policing spokesperson said: "The destruction of prison service posters in Derry or political posters on bonfires, is absolutely wrong.
"Everyone should be able to carry out their work free from intimidation and harassment."
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