Trials of a prison whistleblower
Three years ago, the director general of the Prison Service vowed the "indefensible" way one of its prison officers was treated for whistleblowing would never happen again.
Yet, at a tribunal in Leeds earlier this month, it appeared the Prison Service had failed to keep that promise.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
2 comments:
The whistleblower is always on his own - he goes it alone. Expressions of support fade away and he is both derided and marginalized. Result - nil.
People never learn, never, that he is not a rabble rouser but a man who just won't let things go on the way they were. It's a state of mind and no one can alter it, just as no one can alter their reaction to us.
James: When I spotted this story I rang up the Director General of the Prison Service, Phil Wheatley, and blew a whistle down the phone. He didn't get it because he was not aware of the story. I gave him the gist of the story from the BBC website, and he said he remembered the first case but was not aware of the second one. Only the other day we were talking about the level of corruption of prison officers. What it needs is more whistle blowers to clean up the system.
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