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Prison & Probation eligibility

Guidance for anyone who works, volunteers or has retired from a UK Prison & Probation service and is looking to become a member.

Eligible organisations

  • To view eligible Prison & Probation organisations, please use the organisation dropdown during sign-up here

  • If your organisation isn't listed, you may not be eligible yet, or we may need to approve it. Learn more here

Eligible roles

You can join if you are one of the following from an eligible organisation:

  • Employed

  • Retired

About roles

  • There are many roles within the Prison & Probation service, so we currently list mainly operational roles (we'll refine this over time)

  • If your role isn't listed but you are eligible to join, please select Other Role for now (we'll ask you to update this later)

  • We don't capture bands, specialities or grades. For example, select Prison Officer regardless of your band

  • Choose the option that best reflects your employment status (employed or retired). For example, if you're a serving probation officer, choose Probation Officer – Employed

If you're retired

If you have retired from an eligible organisation, please:

  • Select the organisation you retired from

  • Choose the role that best matches your previous position

  • Select the Retired option. For example, if you're a retired prison officer, choose Prison Officer – Retired

How to verify

You can verify your eligibility in one of two ways:

  • Work email (fastest option)

  • ID document (see below accepted forms of ID)

Learn more about verification here

How to sign up

Choose the option that applies to you:

  • Joining yourself with a work email? View a guide here

  • Joining yourself with ID? View a guide here

  • Joining through an organisation with a code? View a guide here

Accepted ID

You can verify your eligibility using one of the documents below:

Employed

Document

Must show

Work ID card

  • Your full name

  • Your organisation's name

Payslip

  • Your full name

  • Your organisation's name

  • A date within the last 3 months

Retired

Document

Must show

Pension document

  • Your full name

  • Affiliation with an eligible Prison or Probation organisation

P60

  • Your full name

  • Affiliation with an eligible Prison or Probation organisation

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