How has the privatisation of probation affected staff?
New study of the enforced migration of probation staff from public service to private company and the effects on their professional & personal identities.
20th September 2016
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New study of the enforced migration of probation staff from public service to private company and the effects on their professional & personal identities.
New thematic report from HMI Probation finds that one third of homeless young offenders are placed in unsafe/unsuitable accommodation.
New toolkit for Clinks explores a shared evidence base as a way of measuring desistance with women offenders.
New report from the House of Commons Justice Select Committee reaffirms the value of restorative justice but finds that access to RJ remains a postcode lottery.
Probation Inspectors found a real sense of innovation across NPS and CRC in North Yorkshire and both took their responsibility to protect the public seriously.
The Justice Data Lab has been running for over three years now, what can we learn from it about what works in reducing reoffending?
Latest (July 2016) official MoJ reoffending statistics show drop in reoffending rates for those supervised by probation service.
The number of prison officers fell by over 2000 last year while there are slightly more probation officers in the National Probation Service.
1st Probation Inspectorate Quality & Impact report finds serious concerns about the quality of work delivered by the Community Rehabilitation Company in Durham.
NOMS is in charge of prisons and probation, find out what its priorities are in the year ahead.
Overall, this is a young and inexperienced ministerial team under the leadership of a young and inexperienced Justice Secretary. We will have to wait and see whether this means they can bring a fresh perspective or are vulnerable to being out-manoeuvred by vested interests.
A short profile of the first ever woman Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Liz Truss.
