He was a maximum security prison officer in Melbourne for seven years.

The Limerick prison officer experienced one of her worst-ever competitive rounds yesterday.

He was the first prison officer to be murdered in nearly 20 years.

Four gardaí, a prison officer and a prisoner were slightly injured.

The jail discovered its first case in a prison officer on Feb. 13.

As long as...more An elderly inmate lunches as a prison officer looks around.

The last terrorist-related death was of a prison officer in March.

A bomb attack on a prison officer's home in Northern Ireland has been condemned.

The prison officer sustained serious injuries in a Belfast bomb attack earlier this month.

The police are also interviewing a former prison officer as part of their investigations.

A Garda spokeswoman would not confirm that the house belonged to a prison officer.

In one attack a female prison officer was knocked unconscious.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest A prison officer and group of inmates at Holloway in 1947.

Militant nationalists also shot dead a prison officer last month.

It was handed to a prison officer at the gate.

Both his Garda and prison officer escort wore bullet-proof jackets.