Probation changes mean more women recalled to prison
Briefing from Prison Reform Trust on women’s imprisonment highlights impact of Offender Rehabilitation Act in many more recalls to prison of women offenders.
2nd March 2017
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Briefing from Prison Reform Trust on women’s imprisonment highlights impact of Offender Rehabilitation Act in many more recalls to prison of women offenders.
Probation inspectors’ very critical assessment of new flexible rehabilitation activity requirements, saying less rehabilitation is being done under new system.
Inspectors find public probation performing well but private probation struggling to implement new model, although there is praise for work with women offenders
Liz Truss says we need to improve community sentences by dealing better with people with mental health and drug problems and make our prisons more accountable.
Centre for Crime and Justice finds lack of an evidence base and very patchy provision for veterans on probation in new report for the Probation Institute.
Announcement of new Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service which will take over from NOMS as MoJ takes policy and commissioning back in-house.
MoJ stats for the year to April 2015 reveal that probation reoffending rates have fallen again in the last period under the fully public probation system.
MoJ performance stats show public probation outperforming new private providers and wide variation in the performance of Community Rehabilitation Companies.
New infographic summarises findings from 140 evaluations by the Justice Data Lab of which interventions are the most successful in reducing reoffending.
Probation inspectors found evidence of innovative plans in Staffordshire but private probation work was sub-standard, particularly in protecting the public.
Think Tank IPPR argues for a whole-system approach to offender management with responsibility for probation and prison devolved to Mayors & Police Commissioners
Centre for Justice Innovation looks at the difficulties for released prisoners in accessing advice and support on release and makes key recommendations.
