Here you can find more than 750 posts tracking every major development in probation since 2011. You can trace the rise and fall of Transforming Rehabilitation, see the latest performance figures and explore new practice developments. If you’re looking for something in particular, try the search box below.
Latest Clinks report on probation changes finds a ‘narrowing’ of services, with changes from one-to-one support to more group work, and from more flexible person-centred approaches to a more process driven or ‘box-ticking’ arrangements.
Embedding desistance practice The timing of the Probation Inspectorate’s new thematic inspection on desistance and young people could hardly be better. Published on 24 May
Cost reductions may stabilise the financial positions of CRCs, but could limit innovation and compromise service delivery.
Supervisible An intriguing new report by Professor Wendy Fitzgibbon and Carolyne Kardia for the Howard League for Penal Reform gives an insight into what it’s like being
Probation Inspectors’ 5th report into Transforming Rehabilitation reports some improvements but many persistent problems & concern over quality in private CRCs.
The NAO found generally low morale in CRCs and the NPS, and note that this is often the case during periods of change.
The National Audit Office report on Transforming Rehabilitation finds it hard to judge performance of public NPS or private CRCs but raises areas of concern
Latest MoJ stats show big increase in long term prisoners and a jump in probation caseload for the first time in 5 years.
The third post in my series on the National Audit Office Transforming Rehabilitation report reveals there was limited competition for new probation market.
Offenders on probation used terms such as “more stressed”, “miserable”, “deflated” to describe their probation officers after Transforming Rehabilitation was implemented.
Achieving value for money from the new probation system will require resolving these fundamental issues, and ensuring the right incentives for all participants in the system.
The Restorative Justice Council has just published new research and an associated practice guide on restorative justice with women offenders.
