Councils should champion women with multiple needs
New report from Prison Reform Trust and Directors of Social Services highlights the importance of local councils championing the needs of women offenders.
14th November 2016
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New report from Prison Reform Trust and Directors of Social Services highlights the importance of local councils championing the needs of women offenders.
MoJ official statistics for 2014 (published October 2016) show reoffending rates of those on probation continue to fall.
Continued rise in number of MAPPA offenders puts the National Probation Service under increasing pressure at a time of limited resources & staff shortages.
New guide from the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance provides invaluable advice for those wishing to commission arts with offenders.
Excellent initiative from Probation Board of Northern Ireland pioneers the use of an app to promote desistance and help with mental health & addiction issues.
Probation inspectors find private Community Rehabilitation Company performing well but public probation struggling in the face to serious staff shortages.
Prison & Probation Inspectors find that Through-the-gate support for short term prisoners is poor one year into new initiative.
HMI Probation report finds some excellent probation work with women offenders but a serious lack of accommodation and significant drop in funding and resources.
Joint report from Prison Reform Trust and Women in Prison chart how the desperate lack of suitable housing for women offenders is rapidly worsening.
Probation Inspectors finds significant failings in new private probation system in Derbyshire as it struggles to implement ambitious new model.
Public Account Committee report is highly critical of slow progress of probation reforms and laments insufficient data to assess Transforming Rehabilitation.
New website from Unlock targets employers to help them access talent pool of 10.5 million Brits with convictions & treat them fairly in their search for work.
