Why are offenders recalled to prison?
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.
19th October 2017
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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.
Evaluation finds some excellent examples of drug recovery wings but the lack of support on release sabotaged the good progress made by many.
New research and a best practice model for meeting the needs of women street sex workers on their release from prison.
Probation inspectors found the best example of private probation practice since the Transforming Rehabilitation split in their report on Cumbria.
Paul Taylor says the worst two things you can do in a crisis is panic and throw money at it. That’s exactly what we are doing with prison & probation.
Chief Probation Inspector Dame Glenys Stacey on how the inspectorate – and government – intend to tackle failing performance in the private probation sector.
Excellent set of 10 principles from Revolving Doors Agency for those designing services for people with complex needs. Informed by lived experience.
Has the Conservative Think Tank the Centre for Social Justice got the inside track on the government’s plans to re-boot the Rehabilitation Revolution?
Russell Webster looks back at 18 stories of people who have left prison behind to forge new and successful careers in the criminal justice system.
Laurance Curran recounts how it was only when he heard another reformed offender tell his life story that he realised he could go straight & have a better life.
