Probation Officer

News and views from a practitioner in England and Wales. All views expressed are my own.

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New Secretary of State announced. http://t.co/BcQuQX6f

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Prison Reform Trust highlight overcrowding problems in English and Welsh prisons. http://t.co/0sCaSVM5

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'Clear weaknesses' remain at G4S run Wolds Prison. http://t.co/WSFFsal2

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Having followed Ben Gunn's progress over recent years it is great to hear of his release. The blog is a good read. http://t.co/DTpyZwQT

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Serco to deliver Community Payback in partnership with London Probation Trust. http://t.co/SuPjBf8p

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G4S senior executive predicts increasing role for private sector in policing. http://t.co/9AlEqZGy

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Leading drug advisor promotes civil over criminal responses to first time drug offenders. http://t.co/lj2UQKMs

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Electronic tagging to include the use of GPS technology. http://t.co/xNw9HvIb

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Problems at HMP Whatton affecting prisoners' access to Sex Offender Treatment Programme (http://t.co/8lCDVEaC).

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Will prisoners have the right to vote within 6 months? (http://t.co/0r5oYnMu)

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Problems at HMP Oakwood (http://t.co/MiS5nrEm).

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Well reasoned criticisms of the Government's probation proposals from Geoff Dobson (http://t.co/i8RPLqfM).

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MoJ to encourage the High Street to get involved in the rehabilitation of prisoners (http://t.co/5a3GORLY).

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Napo furious over London Probation's plans to introduce biometric reporting (http://t.co/FInhCFET).

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Reflections on the American Probation and Parole systems. Clear parallels with England and Wales(http://t.co/5bIRgqrp).

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HMPS failings over sexual abuse incidents (http://t.co/XeAKj5Vd).

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Harry Fletcher of NAPO and Laura Richards of PAS reflect on their recent success in stalking law reform (http://t.co/h5prtjpJ).

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Over 200 children protected from potential harm by Sarah's Law (http://t.co/CJMlFyAX).

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@offenderex I admire your spirit. I'm concerned about being undercut from a cost perspective. In relation to quality though, I'm with you.

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@LancsProbation @AnarchistPO @suzzie05 Absolutely!!! It's been sad to watch them all jump ship towards the end of their careers.