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The state of policing (April 2017)
Sir Tom Winsor’s annual assessment of police performance shows a service under strain, seeking to withdraw from mental health and other non-crime work.

Interesting new drug facts (April 2017)
Latest round-up of key drug facts & figures from Andrew Brown focuses on increases in drug-related hospital admissions (+6%) & drug seizures in prison +300%!).

App helps connect rough sleepers to services
Streetlink is a government app that provides a simple way for people to inform the authorities about rough sleepers and ensure they are offered help & support.

European watchdog finds spiralling violence in English prisons
European watchdog finds spiralling violence in English prisons with the main causes overcrowding, poor regimes and under-staffing.

Can an algorithm replace bail hearings?
New Jersey is trying to address the racial discrimination which is built-in to its bail decision making process by using a specially created algorithm.

Inspectors find private probation in Northants “poor”
Probation Inspectors found that public probation in Northants was adequate but private probation poor despite the potential of an innovative model.
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