Warnings over probation shortages – BBC News
“Thousands of people are not completing their Community Service Orders because of staff shortages within the Probation Service, a union says.”
BBC News, 27th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: probation
Multimillion pound “shambolic” penal agency to be axed – The Observer
“The government was accused last night of presiding over a ‘shambolic penal policy’ after it emerged it is to dismantle its multibillion pound flagship programme to protect the public and cut crime.”
The Observer, 23rd September 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Lack of assessment may lead to inmates’ release – The Independent
“The prospect of dangerous prisoners being released was raised yesterday by a High Court Judge who ruled that an inmate should be freed because of lack of facilities to assess whether he remained a threat to the public.”
The Independent, 21st August 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
£950m bill forces rethink on computer tracking of offenders – The Guardian
“The future of the computer system that is supposed to keep track of 300,000 offenders a year who are in prison or on probation is in doubt after ministers halted the programme this week. The moratorium follows an admission that the original £234m costing ‘proved to be optimistic’.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fears offenders “not monitored” – BBC News
“Many offenders are not monitored or supervised properly because there are too many demands on probation staff in England and Wales, a report has said.”
BBC News, 10th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Risk checks ditched to ease jail crowding – Daily Telegraph
“Tens of thousands of prisoners will be released without any checks on whether they pose a threat to the public.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The relationship between state, sentencers and probation (judicial and probation autonomy) by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
The relationship between the state, sentencers and probation (judicial and probation autonomy) (PDF)
Speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Probation Boards Association Conference, 2nd May 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
