Sex offender courses cancelled as probation officers have ‘impossible’ workload
Sex offenders and domestic abusers are among 13,000 convicted criminals whose rehabilitation courses are being cancelled by ...
Inside the UK prisons on the verge of collapse as drones deliver drugs and weapons
Shortages of prison staff, mental health problems among inmates, and overcrowding, fuelled by court delays, have pushed the prison system to the brink. Now frontline workers from prison officers to ...
Prisoners being sent back to jail because it's the 'easiest thing to do', chief inspector of probation says
Prisoners are being sent back to jail by the probation service because it's the easiest thing to do, rather than solely for public protection, the chief inspector of probation has told Sky News.
Four in ten who took their lives in prison were denied adequate healthcare
Exclusive: The scale of prison neglect uncovered as figures show almost half of prisoners who took their own lives did get ...
Courses for low-risk offenders cancelled to ease Probation Service pressures
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the move was to ‘confront the reality’ of the pressures on the service.
Migrants arriving illegally in small boats and in lorries to be refused British citizenship
Migrants arriving illegally in the UK in small boats or stowed away in lorries will be refused British citizenship, new Home ...
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Probation unification two years on
N ew research published last month in the Probation Journal – A fork in the road: Probation unification in England and Wales ...
Coercive control to be treated like other domestic abuse offences
For the first time, it puts controlling or coercive behaviour on a par with other domestic abuse offences, including threats ...