Probation


MoJ steps up recruitment campaign for prison & probation staff
(28/09/23) The MoJ admits there is a level of cynicism over the 'sugar-coating' and aspirational language of recruitment into prison and probation jobs amongst existing staff.

Chief Probation Inspector makes plea for localism
(19/09/23) A farewell message from Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector of Probation services.

Probation race equality remains 'a work in progress'
(07/09/23) Inspectors found no evidence of any disproportionality in the use of enforcement or breach of probation conditions, and most people on probation inspectors interviewed did not feel discriminated against.

Good probation supervision does reduce reoffending
(25/08/23) For cases getting high-quality probation supervision, the sentence completion rate was 24 percentage points higher, and the reoffending rate was 14 percentage points lower.