Two prison officers face disciplinary action for collecting money for a Remembrance Sunday tribute.
Steve Baines and Paul Leigh, warders at Walton Jail in Liverpool, have been warned they are in breach of prison rules because of the £400 staff whip round.
Traditionally the prison has paid for a wreath to be laid at Liverpool's Remembrance service at St John's Gardens by uniformed off duty officers.
Officers and prisoners died when the prison was bombed in World War II.
In previous years, the £100 bill for a wreath and transport costs has come from public funds.
But this year, governor Alan Brown said the prison would not foot the bill so Mr Baines and Mr Leigh organised a staff collection instead.
The extra money was earmarked for a donation to charities such as the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal.
But they were warned in a letter from Mr Brown that their collection was in breach of prison rules.
They were told to hand the money over to the prison so it could be converted into a cheque from HMP Liverpool.
The pair, who have unblemished work records and 57 years' service between them, are refusing to comply.
Mr Baines said: "Why should HMP Liverpool appear to have paid for this tribute when in fact they refused to.
"This is not something we want a fight over but if it comes to disciplinary action then so be it."
A spokeswoman for HMP Liverpool said that as a wreath will have been laid in London by the service, it would not be repeated locally.
Well done them. It is bad enough that the prison decides to save a few quid but to treat people like that for showing their initiative is wrong, and why the prison service should think that they have the right to claim the credit when they were quite happy to forget the dead before just stinks of hypocracy.
Truely all involved in this fiasco and threatening the members of staff should hang their heads in shame. Cunts the lot of them.
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Couldn't have said it better Fido, i'm so sick of these parasites, not only are they hell bent on contributing zero to the world they live in, but they're also actively stifling those who want to.
I bet that the cock behind this is some New Labour type, a collage twat with an "ology" in media studies.
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