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.
Joint inspection finds that thousands of people with a mental illness are coming into the criminal justice system each year but their needs are being missed at every stage.
Kevin Wong and Rachel Horan examine the risk of the mentor relationship creating dependency rather than agency.
New co-produced best practice guide and website to support people with lived experience who volunteer (or work) in the social justice sector.
MAPPA population grows by another 2%, reaches 87,657 at the end of March 2021.
Autumn 2021 stats show a fall in the number of prison recalls and the probation caseload getting back to normal again after COVID.
Official data sadly tells us that 1,343 people on probation died in 2020/21, a jump of 34% on the previous year.
Lived experience work in criminal justice can be safe, sustaining and inclusive AND exclusionary, shame-provoking and precarious.
Probation inspectors find “significant deficits” in the quality of work conducted by youth offending services and partner agencies with black and mixed heritage boys.
HMI Probation effective practice guide to working with drug users on probation
Dr Anne-Marie Day on the experiences and pathways of children in care in the youth justice system.
Jake Phillips’ research on how probation inspections impact on practitioners, practice and providers.
Youth Justice Board Annual Report for 2020/21 shows main trends.
