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Extended probation for short-term prisoners fails to cut reoffending rates
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Changes to the probation system have locked offenders in “an expensive merry-go-round” and have led to “no tangible reduction to reoffending”, according to a new report.
Management of sexual offenders misses the mark and must improve
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Significant improvements are needed to ensure sexual offenders are managed effectively in prison and in the community, according to a new report out today.
Community Rehabilitation Companies are failing to tackle domestic abuse and keep victims safe
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Community Rehabilitation Companies are not doing enough to rehabilitate perpetrators of domestic abuse or keep victims safe, according to a new report out today.
Third sector organisations not playing expected central role in reformed probation services, says Chief Inspector
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Probation reforms have failed to deliver the aim of ensuring that voluntary and third sector organisations play a central role in providing specialist support to offenders, according to Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation.
Overstretched private probation companies struggling with poor enforcement of community sentences, inspectors find
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The enforcement by private probation companies of community-based court sentences has been assessed as poor in a report by HM Inspectorate of Probation.