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Rydyn ni’n cyfieithu pob arolygiad o wasanaethau yng Nghymru i’r Gymraeg. Rydyn ni’n cyfieithu pob adroddiad blynyddol ac adroddiadau ar arolygiadau thematig sy’n cynnwys gwaith maes yng Nghymru i’r Gymraeg.
Cynllun Iaith Gymraeg
Yn unol â Deddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1993, mae Arolygiaeth Prawf EF wedi mabwysiadu’r egwyddor y bydd, wrth gynnal ei harolygiadau yng Nghymru, yn trin y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg ar y sail eu bod yn gyfartal. Mae gan Arolygiaeth Prawf EF Gynllun Iaith Gymraeg sy’n nodi sut rydym yn darparu gwasanaethau yn Gymraeg. Cymeradwywyd hyn gan Fwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg ar 20 Chwefror 2024.
Conwy & Denbighshire Youth Justice Service (YJS) has received an overall rating of ‘Requires improvement’ following an inspection led by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation, with colleagues from Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW), Estyn, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS).
Almost two decades on from the Corston Report, which called for a radical change to the way we treat women in the criminal justice system, HM Inspectorate of Probation has published a criminal justice joint inspection with HM Inspectorate of Prisons: ‘The quality of work undertaken with women’.
Carmarthenshire Youth Justice Team (YJT) has received an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ following an inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation as part of its programme of Youth Justice Service (YJS) inspections.
Gwynedd & Ynys Môn Youth Justice Service (YJS) has received an overall rating of ‘Good’ following an inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation.
A thematic inspection led by HM Inspectorate of Probation investigated the effectiveness of the arrangements to support Senior Probation Officers (SPOs) working in sentence management and in court teams. The report, The role of the senior probation officer and management oversight in the Probation Service, published on 18 January 2024, also focuses on management oversight, the processes taken by SPOs to make sure that probation work is undertaken to the required standard.
The outgoing Chief Inspector of Probation, Justin Russell, is calling for an independent review of whether the Probation Service should return to local control, two years on from unification into a national service.
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation has led an inspection, alongside HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), and HM Inspectorate of Prisons – looking at the work of the Probation Service’s National Security Division (NSD) and multi-agency arrangements for the management of terrorist offenders in the wake of terrorist attacks.
HM Inspectorate of Probation has published a report inspecting the work undertaken and progress made, by the Probation Service, to reduce domestic abuse and protect victims. The Inspectorate last looked at this area of probation practice in 2018.
The second part of a wide-ranging inspection looking at Offender Management in Custody, by HM Inspectorate of Probation, has shown the stark – and often alarming – reality facing those released from prison.
