Probation unequipped on New Psychoactive Substances
HMI Probation finds an alarming lack of knowledge about NPS from both public and private sector staff leaving offenders unhelped and others at risk.
30th November 2017
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HMI Probation finds an alarming lack of knowledge about NPS from both public and private sector staff leaving offenders unhelped and others at risk.
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Martin Jones, Chief Exec of the Parole Board, reflects on the huge rise in the number of prisoners recalled and looks to the future of parole.
Official figures show that 21,721 people were recalled to prison in the year Apr 2016 – Mar 2017 but only 44% of them had committed a further offence.
The role of the modern probation officer in the National Probation Service: the pressures and strains of working predominantly with high risk offenders.
The House of Commons Justice Committee launched an inquiry into how the government is doing in improving the probation system on 12 October 2017.
