Re-engaging the voluntary sector in working with probation
Fifth in my series responding to the MoJ’s consultation on the future of probation, commissioning resettlement services.
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Fifth in my series responding to the MoJ’s consultation on the future of probation, commissioning resettlement services.
Clinks report: There are persistent structural problems with the design of Transforming Rehabilitation that mean the very organisations the probation system relies on are shut out and left in economically unsustainable positions.
Clinks report: voluntary sector co-ordination is key to safer and more rehabilitative prisons.
Probation inspectors’ investigation into probation supply chains finds a “bleak and exasperating” picture.
NPCThinks finds that the many voluntary sector organisations working with offenders are at risk of closing as a result of Transforming Rehabilitation.
It will be interesting to see if PCCs build on this promising start and make the voluntary sector a keystone of their work in tackling crime locally. They will face two substantial challenges over the next two years. Firstly, the outcome of the general election will have a significant impact.
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