Whilst welcome, all #Probationreviews tend to say this...

"The #ProbationService should target its resources on the highest risk #offenders & those with complex needs...while expanding the use of the #ThirdSector to support those on low & medium #sentences."

Sentencing Review recommends investment in probation and the Third Sector - Russell Webster
https://www.russellwebster.com/will-probation-get-the-investment-it-needs/

#criminaljustice
#criminaljusticesystem
#lawandorder
#communitysentences
#communityrehabilitation

We are thrilled to announce that Gabriela Slováková has been recommended as the new director of the Probation and Mediation Service! With her extensive experience in the Ministry of Justice and leadership roles in correctional facilities, she is poised to lead with insight and dedication. Learn more about her journey and vision! #ProbationService #Leadership #JusticeSystem

👉 Více informací najdete zde:
https://tiskovec.cz/clanky/vyberova-komise-doporucila-na-pozici-reditelky-probacni-a-mediacni-sluzby-gabrielu-slovakovou?utm_source=mastodon_czech&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_article

We are thrilled to announce that Gabriela Slováková has been recommended as the new director of the Probation and Mediation Service! With her extensive experience in the Ministry of Justice and leadership roles in correctional facilities, she is poised to lead with insight and dedication. Learn more about her journey and vision! #ProbationService #Leadership #JusticeSystem

👉 Více informací najdete zde:
https://tiskovec.cz/clanky/vyberova-komise-doporucila-na-pozici-reditelky-probacni-a-mediacni-sluzby-gabrielu-slovakovou?utm_source=mastodon_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_article

Nothing changes, which is why I left the Probation Service years ago...

"...To succeed, any reforms to sentencing must ensure the #ProbationService is properly resourced to be able to deal with the cases it is required to manage. A service which is under-resourced and over-stretched will not be able to provide the effective service that the public and #victims need.”

#Probation "under-resourced and over-stretched" - Russell Webster
https://www.russellwebster.com/probation-under-resourced-and-over-stretched/

#criminaljustice
#SentencingReview

Whilst I'm glad #coercivecontrol is being recognised for the #seriousharm it causes, this article is somewhat misleading (or the media have been briefed incorrectly). Any serious harm risks (including coercive control) are already shared with other agencies by the #Probationservice, this is not something new. It is disingenuous to infer otherwise.

Coercive control to be put on par with other types of #domesticabuse in England and Wales | Domestic violence | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/03/coercive-control-domestic-abuse-england-wales

"#Highworkloads and #stress were the strongest messages from frontline staff. Many commented that although they felt pride in their work, the current strains on the Service undermined the #probation mission and values."

Pressures on new #probationstaff hamper retention - Russell Webster
https://www.russellwebster.com/pressures-on-new-probation-staff-hampers-retention/

#CriminalJustice
#CriminalJusticeSystem
#probationtraining
#workload
#workloadstress
#staffsupport
#workloadpressues
#probationservice

1/2

Amongst my many roles within the #CJS was that of NVQ assessor. I found that Supervisors who taught skills such as carpentry, gardening etc within the #UPW environment were more likely to get compliant #offenders than those who didn't. In my opinion, it is no good punishing offenders if you do not also increase their motivation & ability to avoid #reoffending. #SkilledUPW is one way of doing this

#Unpaidwork in the unified #probationservice - Russell Webster
https://www.russellwebster.com/unpaid-work-in-the-unified-probation-service/

#Crime

Want to know why I left the #ProbationService in 2018. Bc, in my 15 year career, the only consistent period when I wasn't overworked to breaking point was during my qualification training. Those 2 yrs were full of promise & expectation never fulfilled. It was once a job for life. It isn't any more.

Union warns of #probationofficer shortage ahead of prisoners’ early releases | Prisons and probation | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/20/union-warns-of-probation-officer-shortage-ahead-of-prisoners-early-releases

#CriminalJusticeSystem
#prison
#lawandorder
#UKPrisons

@randomColorContrasts
Not quite the same purple, but did remind me of my old workplace 😔

#ProbationService #WestMidlands #Staffordshire

"Findings from an #ethnographicstudy of #BBR are situated within the #Probation Inspectorate’s recent inspection of #domesticabuse work within the newly unified #ProbationService which revealed a fractured and overstretched #workforce."

For Better or Worse? Improving the Response to Domestic Abuse Offenders on Probation | The British Journal of #Criminology | Oxford Academic
https://academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjc/azae003/7603433

#NationalProbationService
#Privatisation
#BuildingBetterRelationships
#AccreditatedProgrammes

I worked for the #ProbationService for 15 yrs. The last 2 for the #privatesector after it was privatised. This article reminded me of my failed attempts to get an extremely risky #domesticabuse case classified as high risk. Bc of privatisation, this meant he would be transferred to the #NPS (who supervised high risk cases) 1/4

‘They signed her death warrant’: how #probationservice failings left a violent man free to kill | Femicide | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/24/father-michaela-hall-murder-victim-probation-service

Over 5,500 #UnpaidWorkOrders not completed after two years in #England and #Wales

Exclusive: Orders should be done within a year of sentence as experts blame ‘chronic #understaffing’ in #ProbationService
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/25/over-5500-unpaid-work-orders-not-completed-two-years-england-wales
#ToryPoliciesInAction #SoftOnCrime #UnderfundingPublicServices

@Molly #FailingGrayling. We had an effective #ProbationService that was almost 100 years old, before the Tories decided that they could split it and privatise some of it.

Experienced probation officers left the service in droves, because of these structural changes.
At least even the Tories have realised it was a mistake, not that you really hear them say so

@mirror #FailingGraying has a lot to answer for here. We had a very effective #ProbationService until the government decided it would provide a better service if privatised. #PeopleHaveDied