The latest prison and probation staffing figures
Winter 2025 HMPPS workforce bulletin shows fewer prison and more probation staff.
21st November 2025
Here you can find more than 750 posts tracking every major development in probation since 2011. You can trace the rise and fall of Transforming Rehabilitation, see the latest performance figures and explore new practice developments. If you’re looking for something in particular, try the search box below.
Winter 2025 HMPPS workforce bulletin shows fewer prison and more probation staff.
Harry Annison on the lessons from repeated probation service reform
Good food and good lives: how food interventions contribute to desistance
Interesting facts and figures from the MoJ annual report and accounts
Landmark report on the health of people in prison, on probation and in the secure NHS estate.
David Honeywell highlights the need to fully embrace the views and perspectives of those with lived experience of the CJS for HM Inspectorate of Probation.
A range of new official data shows the ever-rising pressure points on the probation service.
The National Audit Office finds that since reunification, probation performance has declined, with significant staffing shortfalls and high workloads.
A transformative vision for the future of Further Education in supporting people leaving prison or on probation.
The COMPASS model integrates principles from compassion-focused therapy, positive psychology and desistance theory to provide a holistic framework for understanding and supporting people on probation.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood publishes Sentencing Bill to implement recommendations of the Sentencing Review.
There were 23,977 people subject to electronic monitoring on 2 June 2025.
