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HM Inspectorate of Probation found poor practice was widespread in Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs), which supervise low and medium-risk offenders across England and Wales.

25 September 2018 | Thematics - HMI Probation only

Probation reforms have failed to deliver the aim of ensuring that voluntary and third sector organisations play a central role in providing specialist support to offenders, according to Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation.

17 April 2018 | Thematics - HMI Probation only

The enforcement by private probation companies of community-based court sentences has been assessed as poor in a report by HM Inspectorate of Probation.

09 February 2018 | Thematics - HMI Probation only

THE PUBLIC can be better protected from dangerous and violent young offenders if adults working with them are trained to understand the often extreme trauma in their childhoods, according to Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation.

26 October 2017 | Thematics - HMI Probation only

Probation hostels do a good job overall at protecting the public and preparing individuals to move back into the community once they have left prison, said Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation.

13 July 2017 | Thematics - HMI Probation only

Probation services in court have improved noticeably over the past year and consistently good advice was being given to sentencers by probation staff.

23 June 2017 | Thematics - HMI Probation only

Rehabilitation activity requirements (RARs), a central feature of many community sentences, are not being delivered properly, said Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation.

22 February 2017 | Thematics - HMI Probation only

Probation staff are doing some excellent work with women who commit crime, but their efforts are hampered by a lack of accommodation for women, doubts over the future of Women’s Centres, and a lack of funding.

29 September 2016 | Thematics - HMI Probation only

A third of homeless 16 and 17 year olds who offend placed in unsuitable accommodation, say inspectors

07 September 2016 | Thematics - HMI Probation only

Referral orders are the most common community sentence for young people. They are more effective than other youth sentences in reducing reoffending, but they are not being delivered as government intended.

05 July 2016 | Thematics - HMI Probation only