Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation, has welcomed government action to ensure the continued operation of three private probation companies whose parent company, Working Links, has announced it is going into administration. The need for an urgent government response, in the interests of protecting the public, is underlined by a deeply troubling […]
15 February 2019
Manchester Youth Justice Service (YJS) was found by inspectors to have some clear strengths and a committed staff facing the challenges of supervising children and young people in a complex inner-city area. Many staff had worked in Manchester for years and had a strong understanding of the issues facing local children and young people, including […]
01 February 2019
The Youth Offending Service (YOS) in Hounslow, a complex borough in West London with a high proportion of young people and many areas of deprivation, was rated by probation inspectors as ‘Good’ overall, the second highest rating. Most areas of practice in the YOS were good, with some outstanding aspects, the highest rating, and only […]
31 January 2019
Significant improvements are needed to ensure sexual offenders are managed effectively in prison and in the community, according to a new report out today.
24 January 2019
Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland (DLNR) Community Rehabilitation Company was assessed as requiring improvement, the second lowest rating, in an inspection which identified a mixed performance picture.
23 January 2019
Barking and Dagenham Youth Offending Service (YOS) was given a rating of ‘Requires improvement’, the second lowest, after probation inspectors identified some clear strengths but also challenges which affected its ability to stop children and young people re-offending.
20 December 2018
There are some good elements of delivery across the organisation, and leadership is strong and provided by a dedicated and motivated management team. The individual workloads of probation professionals are, however, the highest we have seen so far in the current inspection programme…
19 December 2018
Probation inspectors found the Midlands division of the National Probation Service (NPS), supervising more than 17,000 high-risk offenders across a large and complex area, to be well led, assessing its overall performance as good, the second highest assessment.
18 December 2018
Blackpool youth offending team (YOT) was found by HM Inspectorate of Probation to be ‘Inadequate’, the lowest assessment, with many weaknesses and staff struggling with low morale. Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation, said: “The inspection found a difficult set of circumstances.”
18 December 2018
Warwickshire Youth Justice Service (YJS) was assessed by HM Inspectorate of Probation as ‘Good’ overall, its second highest rating, with strong leadership and a wide range of services to support young people to avoid reoffending. Some of the work was assessed as outstanding, the highest grade, particularly its supervision of court orders. Its work with […]
07 December 2018
