The latest inspection report on adult offending work in England and Wales was published today. Sally Lester, Assistant Chief Inspector of Probation, said: ‘This inspection of offender management work in York & North Yorkshire took place as part of our second programme of Offender Management Inspections. We have examined a representative sample of probation (adult […]

31 July 2012

The latest inspection report on adult offending work in England and Wales was published today. Sally Lester, Assistant Chief Inspector of Probation, said: ‘This inspection of offender management work in Humberside took place as part of our second programme of Offender Management Inspections. We have examined a representative sample of probation (adult offending) cases from […]

31 July 2012

Work needed to address and change offenders’ attitudes and behaviour is not happening to any meaningful extent in many prisons, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, and Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of a second joint inspection into offender management in prisons. As a result, the opportunity to help them […]

19 July 2012

Inspection has prompted improvements in the quality of work carried out with people who offend, and the inspectorate will continue to focus on improvement regardless of who delivers that work, said Chief Inspector of Probation Liz Calderbank, publishing HMI Probation’s annual report. The Chief Inspector warned, however, that the proposals in the Government’s probation review […]

12 July 2012

The latest inspection report of youth offending work in England and Wales was published today. Andy Smith, Assistant Chief Inspector, said: “This Core Case Inspection of youth offending work in Nottinghamshire took place as part of the Inspection of Youth Offending programme. We have examined a representative sample of youth offending cases from the area, […]

04 July 2012

The latest inspection report of youth offending work in England and Wales was published today. Andy Smith, Assistant Chief Inspector, said: “Our Core Case Inspection of youth offending work in Lincolnshire was undertaken as part of our Inspection of Youth Offending programme. This inspection focuses exclusively on the work undertaken by Youth Offending Teams with […]

04 July 2012

The latest inspection report of youth offending work in England and Wales was published today. Andy Smith, Assistant Chief Inspector, said: “This Core Case Inspection of youth offending work in Derby City took place as part of the Inspection of Youth Offending programme. We have examined a representative sample of youth offending cases from the […]

04 July 2012

The latest inspection report on adult offending work in England and Wales was published today. Sally Lester, Assistant Chief Inspector of Probation, said: ‘This inspection of offender management work in West Mercia took place as part of our second programme of Offender Management Inspections. We have examined a representative sample of probation (adult offending) cases […]

03 July 2012

Tagging should be used more creatively not only to punish, but also to help change behaviour, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of an inspection on electronically monitored curfews. The report, It’s Complicated: The Management of Electronically Monitored Curfews, reflects the findings of HM Inspectorate of Probation in a follow-up inspection […]

14 June 2012

The latest inspection report of Youth Offending work in England and Wales was published today. Julie Fox, Assistant Chief Inspector, said: ‘This Core Case Inspection of youth offending work in Nottingham City took place as part of the Inspection of Youth Offending programme. We have examined a representative sample of youth offending cases from the […]

13 June 2012