The Autumn 2023 MoJ Ministerial Line-up
Edward Argar is the 9th different prisons minister since January 2018.
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Edward Argar is the 9th different prisons minister since January 2018.
Research unearths the story of probation (re-)unification through the views of the civil servants who designed & implemented it.
1,520 people lost their lives while on probation supervision in 2022/23 – 6% more than the previous year.
Autumn 2023 Offender Management Statistics show the inexorable rise in the prison population and continued fall in probation caseload.
Prof Ursula Kilkelly identifies evidence-based core messages for youth justice in the latest HMIP Academic Insight.
Latest HMIP Academic Insight: Desistance, adversity and trauma: implications for practice with children and young people in conflict with the law
Outgoing Chief Probation Inspector calls for an independent review of the Probation Service and makes a plea for localism.
HMI Probation follow up inspection of the probation service’s work promoting race equality for people on probation and staff remains “a work in progress”
A new history of probation exhibition is touring the country
The men and women working in UK prisons, IRCs, probation and youth justice are true #HiddenHeroes.
New HMI Probation research confirms the links between high quality probation supervision and reduced reoffending.
Latest (to June 2023) HMPPS prison and probation staffing figures not encouraging.