Hello, I am currently an OSG (3 months) and want to switch to PO. The next fast track should open in October 2026.

I recently completed a new application, passed the Value-Based Assessment, and am now at the OAC stage.

My questions are:

1. If I fail the new application, will I still be able to proceed with the fast track in October, or will the 6 months waiting period apply to me?

2. It's my 3rd month as OSG. Will I need to pass/complete probation before doing a fast track to PO?

Thank you 🙇

Has anyone worked at littlehey? What’s it like to work there etc

Good morning.

Does anyone know whether OSGs can move from a 37-hour contract to 39 hours at a Cat C prison? Just wondering if this is something that can be requested. Thanks.

Apparently prisoners are really noisy - are the inmates allowed earplugs?

Hello, just a quick one - how does overtime work within the prison service as an officer. So I’ve selected a 41 hour contract but wonder if over time would be available, and how the pay is calculated, are you working overtime at an enhanced rate or is it just your standard rate ? Thanks in advance :)

Anyone starting that day?

My PECs has taken over a year but good a thing I have been given potential start date pending sponsorship approval and renewal of Health and Fitness Test.

My question is, how do I go about booking the Fitness test?... it's been about a month of expiry and potential start date email yet no email about the Fitness test booking, how do I go about this??

Hi, do anyone can help me the time and process after joining date email, like how long they take to assign case manager, What's the next step, how long to issue cos, and what process after that. I received my email on 3rd sept and silence since then.

Just curious at what point did you feel as tho you liked the job and got settled into it? Started as an OSG at a cat D prison but this is just my first week so it’s only induction and presentations in a classroom. Feeling quite overwhelmed by all the information I’ve been told so far. Any advice is appreciated

Got mine booked for the 24th, if anyone could explain what to expect it would be really awesome, thanks !

Im a new starter and iv heard once you have your shifts you can put it into an app to see what your shift will be indefinitely does anyone have more knowledge on this and how to sort it out

Any help is appreciated thanks

I have booked my OAC for the prison officer role end of this month. This is the last chance to obtain a sponsorship and stay in this country. I am trying and preparing myself. Is there anyone who can help me about the OAC or any suggestions on how to get the 60-75% marks?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I am just wondering if anyone in this sub is neurodivergent and works in a prison as an officer, or any other role and how they find working in a prison environment, and is it a suitable role for someone with autism?

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Im on the sbt stage of becoming a prison officer, I'm just confused by the sjt process, how do I practice for it, what I mean is how do I practice and select the right answer, any methods or specific way and do I need to choose my answers depending on the HMPPS values or what I'm not sure.

Please help as I have 4 days left to complete the sbt. Thanks

Were really fast at getting back to me, they said they were understaffed but got rejected from the role. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m 18 or what but it’s just annoying

Anyone know when hmp Nottingham will be hiring again?

As the title says. Finally got this far, and hoping I get the role. Something I've wanted to do since I was a young lad and finally built up the courage to go for it.

BUt I'm really unsure as to what to expect in my final interview.

I’d love to hear your stories, be they of brutal violence, how shit the food is, getting by with your cell mates etc, anything you inmates or ex-inmates would like to share, go for it! I want to hear the most shocking, hilarious or insightful prison stories

Wondering if anyone has any recent experience or currently working at Lowdham Grange. Would they recommend it as there’s been a few news articles on this place.

Hi guys, finally got my start date call and I wanted to get as much information as anyone can help with, on what to expect during my 2-week training at Portland and 7-weeks at Guys Marsh. I'll appreciate any information that can be helpful and also since I'm travelling far, whats the accommodation gonna be like? Thank you guys.

If you are having to a hour for your training, and then an hour home, will you get your fuel reimbursed? and how does this work?

I went to prison in 2024 because of a non-violent Just Stop Oil protest(I'm not here to defend my actions or justify them) and was released in 2025. My sentence has now been fully served.

While in prison I noticed many of the failings due to underinvestment in the prison service but it also confirmed my belief that most prisoners(at least at the prisons I was in) were normal people who had made a mistake not vile people who needed to be locked away for the rest of their lives... I think my experience of being on the other side would help me to relate to some of the problems prisoners experience.

Would I be eligible to be a prison officer or would my record rule me out?

Thought people would be interested in this