Work with children and young people who had offended had deteriorated and had not helped to reduce reoffending, said Paul McDowell, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today he published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Newport Youth Offending Service (YOS). This joint inspection of youth offending work in Newport is one […]
10 September 2014
Probation staff and youth offending teams needed to tighten up their child protection procedures and join up better with other agencies, said Paul McDowell, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today he published a report on child protection work, both with young people at risk from adult offenders and young people whose own behaviour put them at […]
14 August 2014
The work that Wales Probation Trust was doing to protect the public and reduce the risk of reoffending needed to improve, said Paul McDowell, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of a recent inspection. Inspections assess whether the sentence of the court is delivered effectively, and whether work with the individual offender protects the […]
22 July 2014
Probation services should be flexible and innovative and designed to meet the needs of individuals so that reoffending can be reduced, said Chief Inspector of Probation Paul McDowell. Today he published HM Inspectorate of Probation’s annual report, his first as Chief Inspector. Mr McDowell also discussed the current changes to probation services through the government’s […]
01 July 2014
The quality of work being done with young people who had offended needed to improve in Islington, said Paul McDowell, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today he published the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Islington Youth Offending Service (YOS). This joint inspection of youth offending work in Islington is one of […]
25 June 2014
London Probation Trust needed to do more to address and change people’s offending behaviour in order to protect the public, said Paul McDowell, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of a recent inspection of the trust. Inspections assess whether the sentence of the court is delivered effectively, and whether work with the individual offender […]
29 May 2014
Durham Tees Valley Probation Trust was undertaking some good work with adult offenders, but needed to assess the risk of harm they posed more thoroughly, said Paul McDowell, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of a recent inspection. Inspections assess whether the sentence of the court is delivered effectively, and whether work with the […]
29 May 2014
Probation services should pay more attention to tackling violent offenders’ alcohol misuse to help to reduce reoffending, said Paul McDowell, Chief Inspector of Probation. Today HM Inspectorate of Probation published its aggregate report of six inspections undertaken as part of the programme of Inspection of Adult Offending Work. The report, Inspection of Adult Offending Work: […]
23 April 2014
Peterborough continued to improve its overall performance, said Paul McDowell, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Peterborough Youth Offending Service (YOS). This joint inspection of youth offending work in Peterborough is one of a small number of full joint inspections undertaken by HM Inspectorate of […]
16 April 2014
The approach that sees police officers, probation staff and other agencies work together to manage offenders in a co-ordinated way is promising and has potential, said independent inspectors. Today they published the report of a joint inspection into integrated offender management (IOM), but added that a better understanding was needed of its effectiveness. Integrated Offender […]
27 March 2014
