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Chief Inspector of Probation flags concerns in first public protection inspection

HM Inspectorate of Probation has undertaken a review of public protection measures across the Kent, Surrey, and Sussex region ...
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UNISON calls for probation service to be removed from civil service control

Labour promised to review the governance of probation. UNISON calls on the government to make good on this promise without ...

Probation can prevent future juvenile crime, officers say — if they have time to do the job

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The teenager had only been off his ankle monitor for three weeks when he asked his probation officer to put it back on. He’d been living in a group home after his home was deemed so ...

Probation service staffing 'risking public safety'

"The government inherited a criminal justice system in crisis, placing significant strain on the Probation Service," said a Ministry of Justice spokesperson. The inspectorate said at the time of the ...