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. Youth justice workers will also be more effective if they ‘catch up’ with fast-changing social media communications […]
26 October 2017
The Community Rehabilitation Company in Cumbria showed the best probation work HM inspectors had seen in a private company since they started inspecting the reshaped system three years ago, according to a report published today. The work of the public National Probation Service (NPS) in Cumbria was also good, though inconsistent in ‘pockets’, said Dame […]
05 October 2017
Higher risk individuals were managed well overall by the National Probation Service (NPS), but the situation is quite different for those posing a medium and lower risk of harm. They are managed by the Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) where services to manage risk of harm, help offenders move away from crime and deliver the sentence […]
31 August 2017
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. Today she published a report, Probation Hostels’ (Approved Premises) Contribution to Public Protection, Rehabilitation and Resettlement. Probation hostels, called approved premises, […]
13 July 2017
Much of the work that Cwm Taf Youth Offending Service (YOS) was doing with children and young people who had committed crimes was satisfactory, but managers needed better strategic grip to improve further, said Dame Glenys Stacey, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of […]
05 July 2017
The two organisations responsible for providing probation services in South Yorkshire were generally working well, though further improvements were necessary in places, said Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published the report of a recent inspection of probation work in South Yorkshire. The inspection looked at the quality of probation work […]
29 June 2017
Probation services in court have improved noticeably over the past year and consistently good advice was being given to sentencers by probation staff, said Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published a report, The Work of Probation Services in Courts. Probation services have for many years provided advice and information to […]
23 June 2017
The two organisations responsible for providing probation services in Suffolk needed to do far more to protect the public, reduce reoffending and make sure people served sentences handed down by the courts, said Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation. Staff at both organisations were working hard, but dealing with high caseloads, she added. […]
16 June 2017
Work with young people in Bromley who had committed crimes had improved and the foundations were laid for further progress to reduce offending, said Dame Glenys Stacey, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Bromley Youth Offending Service (YOS). This joint inspection of youth […]
13 June 2017
The National Probation Service (NPS) was supervising people who posed a higher risk reasonably well, but the Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) needed to do far more to protect the public and reduce reoffending, said Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation. Today she published the report of a recent inspection of probation work in […]
20 April 2017
