Seven new female officers at La Moye

Monday 07 May 2018

Jersey’s Prison has seven new women officers joining the team to look after prisoners following an all-female recruitment drive.

Deborah McCance, Ashley Goodwin, Victoria Aley, Kirsten Park, Stephanie Da Silva and Lauren Quemard are the latest group of prison officers to be trained up to work at La Moye, in the first all-female team to be appointed by the service.

They will be responsible for managing the control room, the gatehouse, carrying out security patrols inside and outside the prison and escorting prisoners. 

The prison officers have just completed nine weeks of training alongside Kathryn Mills, who has been employed as a full-time nurse and health care officer at La Moye. 

The seven new officers have also managed to raise £2,000 by abseiling down Noirmont Point for Rock2Recovery, a charity that supports servicemen and veterans.

Pictured: HM Prison La Moye, Jersey's prison.

The new recruits will work with prison officers whose professionalism has just been recently praised in the HM Chief Inspector of Prison report which acknowledged that most prisoners expressed appreciation for the treatment and support they received from officers, who were enthusiastic, committed and proud in their roles. The report also stated that the governor and ministers had provided consistency in leadership and good-quality continuous professional development. 

La Moye Prison Governor, Bill Millar, said: “This is the first time that the prison service has worked with an all-female batch of recruits and I am confident that they will all do well as they now take up their operational responsibilities. They have proved to be an excellent group to work with and all of them rose to every challenge they faced, producing consistently good results throughout their training. I would like to congratulate all of them and welcome the seven new recruits to join the excellent and professional team working at La Moye.”