Northamptonshire Probation Trust had made some improvements in their work with adults who had offended, but still needed to improve some aspects of public protection work, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of a recent inspection of Northamptonshire Probation Trust. This inspection is the last of six where inspectors are focusing […]
14 January 2014
Little progress has been made in offender management in prisons and a fundamental review is needed, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, and Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today they published the report of a third joint inspection into offender management in prisons. The lack of progress is concerning, they added, as it […]
17 December 2013
Northumbria Probation Trust’s work with adults who had offended was of a high standard overall, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of a recent inspection of Northumbria Probation Trust. This inspection is the fifth of six where inspectors are focusing on the quality of work with violent offenders, which forms a […]
26 November 2013
The work Probation Trusts did to keep victims of crime informed and prepared for an offender’s release was generally of a high standard, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of an inspection of the Victim Contact Scheme. However, she added that some improvements could be made to the way in which […]
07 November 2013
Hampshire Probation Trust’s work with adults who had offended was of a high standard overall, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of a recent inspection of Hampshire Probation Trust. This inspection is the fourth of six where inspectors are focusing on the quality of work with violent offenders, which forms a […]
01 October 2013
Work with children and young people who had offended was progressing and staff were working well with other agencies to prevent reoffending, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of a recent joint inspection of the work of Rochdale Youth Offending Team (YOT). However, the YOT Management Board needed to provide greater […]
25 September 2013
Devon and Cornwall Probation Trust worked effectively with other agencies to protect the public and prevent reoffending, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of a recent inspection of Devon and Cornwall Probation Trust. However, work to assess and review the risk of harm posed by some offenders needed to improve. This […]
17 September 2013
Merseyside Probation Trust’s work with adults who had offended was of a good standard, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of a recent inspection of Merseyside Probation Trust. This inspection is the second of six where inspectors are focusing on the quality of work with violent offenders, which forms a significant […]
17 September 2013
Most life sentence prisoners did not reoffend and were able to lead productive lives on release, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, and Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of a joint inspection into life sentence prisoners. However, they added that the work done with life sentence prisoners at key points […]
12 September 2013
Bedfordshire Probation Trust was working well with other agencies to protect the public, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of a recent inspection of Bedfordshire Probation Trust. However, work to assess and address the risk of harm posed by some offenders needed to improve, and more attention given to victims and […]
13 August 2013
