Prison guards union warns of staff shortages By TPN/Lusa, in News, Politics · 08-05-2021 18:00:00 · 0 Comments
The Prison Guard Corps Union has warned that there is a shortage of 820 of these professionals to guarantee the security and proper functioning of prisons, following the escape, on Sunday, 2 May, of a prisoner from the Aveiro Prison Facility (EP). Following the escape of a prisoner on remand from the Aveiro EP last Sunday, the SNCGP [Sindicato Nacional do Corpo da Guarda Prisional] comes, once again, to alert to [the] insufficiency of staff in the Prison Guard Corps, a reality that cannot continue to be concealed. There is currently a total of 820 guards missing to guarantee the security and proper functioning of Portuguese prisons , the SNCGP said.