The Ministry of Justice refused Wednesday to receive service of mobile phones heads of prisons, who decided to deliver the equipment in Welfare Directorate General and Correctional Services.
In a protest organized by the Trade Union Association of Managers of the Prison Guard Corps, the heads of 49 chains intend to deliver the mobile service in the Ministry of Justice, a protest gesture “by disregard and lack of respect that have been targeted.” The president of the union membership, Matthew Dias, says the Ministry of Justice did not accept service of mobile phones, claiming that “only receives documents and accepting no equipment.”
“We had to find another solution, which passed for delivering the service on mobile phones Welfare Directorate General and Correctional Services, “he said. The heads of prisons decided to deliver the equipment because they “are not legally obliged” to have this equipment, serving “only to transmit them at any day and at any time, concerns and obligations.” They also say that disciplinary proceedings are pursued they do not answer the phone that was distributed to them.
The same union leader also said that there is “a repeated disregard of the leadership body of prison guard by the Ministry of Justice” feeling these professionals “ignored and unhappy” with the umbrella. At issue is the lack of regulation in occupational status, approved for over a year, which implies no release of careers and not to award supplements in addition to the “serious lack of manpower.”
The vice -president of the union, Miguel Casimiro, estimates that, at present, lack 1,200 prison guards, a situation that will worsen next year, with exit to the reform of nearly a thousand professionals. Miguel Casimiro, who performed at the tie of protest black in mourning, he said the lack of vehicles and manpower leads to arriving to have to choose between taking a prisoner to court or to the hospital.
“I questioned the minister, the Secretary of State and the Director-General on which option: health or the court. But got no answer, “he continues. The heads of prisons accuse the tutelage of” indifference to the serious problems of prison services. “
” In the face of huge problems, which will swelling daily, are not yet apparent solutions are not known explanations are not strategies announced. No targets are set to enable, the professional body of prison guard, hope for better days and, above all, have confidence in the future of the prison service, “said the union.
The latest figures from the Directorate General for Justice Policy indicate that the total number of inmates in prisons increased by 20.6 percent in four years, the most significant increase among women. It went from 11,613 inmates in 2010 to 14,003 in 2014. The vice -president of the union advances this year already have entered the chains 1,362 new inmates who had never been arrested.
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