Obverse and reverse of medal, with operational ribbon
Type
Service medal
Awarded for
5 years of meritorious service
Presented by
the United Kingdom
Eligibility
Prison officers, and other staff of the Northern Ireland Prison Service
Status
Currently awarded
Established
15 January 2002
Northern Ireland Prison Service Medal ribbon Northern Ireland Prison Service Medal ribbon for prison officers
Order of Wear
Next (higher)
Royal Ulster Constabulary Service Medal[1]
Next (lower)
Union of South Africa Commemoration Medal[1]
The Northern Ireland Prison Service Medal was established by Royal Warrant on 15 January 2002. Agreed to in principle by the Queen in 2000, the medal was created to recognise Northern Ireland Prison Service personnel who had served in the "difficult and often dangerous conflict" during the Troubles.[2] This included the murder of 28 prison staff, with dozens more wounded and many forced to move home due to intimidation.[3]
^ ab"No. 56878". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 March 2003. p. 3353.
^"Medal for NI prison staff". BBC News. 29 August 2000. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
^Jim Galloway. The Northern Ireland Prison Service Medal. Orders and Medals Research Society Journal, March 2021, Vol 60 No 1. Pages 44–49.
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