‘Authorities’ failure to share details about a man before he murdered a girl in his partner’s care “contributed” to her death.’
BBC News, 5th October 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Offenders in England and Wales who are supervised in the community are not receiving enough help to tackle drug misuse, and specialist programmes for identifying at-risk users of drugs have “withered on the vine”, a watchdog has said.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
It’s a job that you don’t often see in police dramas and documentaries. Sam Gildersleeve wants to show you what it’s like being a probation officer in Chelmsford, Essex.
BBC News, 6th July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Renationalising the management of offenders in the community will not be enough to put right the flaws of disastrous privatisation reforms introduced by the former Conservative minister Chris Grayling, the probation watchdog has warned.’
The Guardian, 28th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Probation services in England and Wales will return to public control, seven years after Chris Grayling’s changes that were later labelled as “flawed”.’
BBC News, 28th July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This briefing discusses the new unified model for probation services being brought in from 26 June 2021’
House of Commons Library , 7th June 2021
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘A controlling husband who planted a GPS device in his wife’s car objected to being tracked himself as punishment.’
BBC News, 10th June 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Charities and companies which help rehabilitate offenders have been awarded around £200 million of Government funding to help cut crime in the new probation system.’
Ministry of Justice, 21st May 2021
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘On 11 November 2020, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal in Heskett -v- Secretary of State for Justice [2020] EWCA Civ 1487, holding that the “pay freeze” imposed on probation officers as the result of the Government’s austerity measures, which might otherwise have been regarded as indirectly age discriminatory, was capable of being justified as a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.’
Littleton Chambers, 12th November 2020
Source: littletonchambers.com
‘Thousands of high-risk convicted criminals, including those classed as violent and sexual offenders, were being released from prison in England into homelessness, increasing the likelihood of their reoffending, inspectors warned.’
The Guardian, 8th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An Upper Tribunal appeal of an FTT decision that the leaseholder, Ms M, was in breach of lease, and specifically a restriction “Not to do or permit or suffer in or upon the Demised Premises or any part thereof any illegal or immoral act or any act or thing which may be or may become a nuisance or annoyance or cause damage to the Lessors or the tenants of the Lessor or the occupiers of any part of the Building.”’
Nearly Legal, 1st July 2020
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Significant failings by prison and probation staff, and a policy of not recalling high risk prisoners to alleviate pressure on a growing prison population, saw serial rapist Joseph McCann mistakenly freed from jail to attack 11 women and children, a review has found.’
The Guardian, 30th June 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has scrapped plans to let private firms run behaviour programmes and unpaid work schemes for offenders in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 11th June 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Probation services in England and Wales will be fully restored to public ownership and control, the justice secretary has announced, marking the final nail in the coffin of Chris Grayling’s disastrous privatisation changes.’
The Guardian, 11th June 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government and probation service are not doing enough to learn from mistakes that led to serious crimes being committed by offenders under supervision, including murder, rape and other violent offences, inspectors have said in a critical report.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Mandatory testing with a polygraph, or lie-detector, should be introduced to monitor convicted sex offenders undergoing police supervision, according to university research commissioned by police chiefs.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A serial rapist who attacked a string of victims aged between 11 and 71 could have been jailed weeks before he started the rampage, a report has revealed.’
The Independent, 5th March 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘More than 40 convicted terrorists were released from prison in the year before emergency legislation was introduced to keep jailed extremists locked up for longer, figures reveal, while the number of far-right detainees has surged.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The claimant was employed by the respondent from 1994 until November 2014 as a Probation Service Officer (“PSO”). In 2014 there was an incident at the claimant’s home involving the claimant, her then partner, and her daughter, who was then a teenager. It was alleged that the claimant had been violent towards her daughter, something she had always vehemently denied. Social Services became involved and her daughter was placed on the Child Protection Register (“CPR”).’
3PB, 7th February 2020
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal recently considered whether a probation service officer who failed to disclose a child protection issue was fairly dismissed. Ceri Fuller, Zoë Wigan and Hilary Larter analyse the outcome.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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