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Why do so many people die on probation?
Figures for 2019/20 show the worrying numbers of people dying while on probation supervision.

Electronic monitoring in probation practice
Can probation shape the future use of electronic monitoring?

Education in custody: are prisoners being left behind?
Francesca Cooney from Prisoners’ Education Trust urges readers to contribute to a new inquiry into prison education.

Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation
Home Office research on the characteristics of group-based child sexual exploitation.

Is the Sentencing Council doing its job?
Rob Allen says the Sentencing Council should be doing more to help develop effective law, policy and practice.

The mental health impact of being an IPP
‘I’m always walking on eggshells, and there’s no chance of me ever being free’: The mental health
implications of Imprisonment for Public Protection.
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