Naomi became a Prison Officer in 1991, retiring over 30 years later as an Operational Governor. She has extensive experience and a wealth of knowledge, working within numerous prisons and using this to offer advice to Alison Liebling and David Price when writing their book, “The Prison Officer.” 

She experienced and managed murder, suicides, riots, serious assaults, hostage, and other serious incidents. 

Following an initial induction at HMP Holloway, Naomi was posted to HMYOI Moorland working with male children and young people. 

She transferred to HMP Whitemoor, maximum-security prison working with some of the country’s most dangerous and disturbed prisoners including terrorists, organised crime gangs, assassins, serial killers, sex offenders, and drug lords as well as vulnerable and mentally challenged prisoners. She worked in the Special Secure Unit – a prison within the prison – requiring intensive anti-corruption and risk management training, and in the Segregation Unit. 

She then transferred to HMP Edmunds Hill women’s prison where she managed the security department and residential wings including the therapeutic community and drug rehabilitation unit. 

She also worked at in a range of other prisons, progressing to Operational Governor.

Alongside working in prisons, she has occupied a number of senior and advisory roles for the court custody and transportation of prisoners in England and Wales – and she piloted, and then implemented, GPS Tags to be used in addition to curfew tags as an offender management tool.

Now retired Naomi works as a Civil Funeral Celebrant.