Prison and probation staffing problems worsen (winter 2024/25)
Latest HMPPS workforce figures show falls in number of prison and probation officers
24th February 2025
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Latest HMPPS workforce figures show falls in number of prison and probation officers
The Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis of how justice spending in England & Wales has fallen over last two decades.
HM Inspectorate of Probation Academic Insight into the key components of high-quality child-centred casework in youth justice
Probation inspectors find improvements in delivering unpaid work but its full potential to deliver effective punishment and essential life skills is yet to be realised.
Research show how high workloads and staffing challenges continue to hamper probation unification.
Remand and recall pile pressure on prison overcrowding
An evidence-informed model and guide for effective relational working in youth justice
Probation inspectorate finds current pressures on new probation staff counterproductive to long-term retention.
Uncontrolled before-after evaluation of Learning Disabilities offending behaviour programmes
MoJ evaluation of unpaid work in the unified probation service
There were 700 Serious Further Offences in 2023/24, an increase of 33% on the previous year.
Interesting facts and figures from the 2023/24 MoJ Annual Report and Accounts
