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Background Joseph McCann committed multiple violent and sexual offences in April and May 2019. At the time of the crimes, he was under the supervision of the National Probation Service after being released from prison on licence. He was given 33 life sentences in December 2019.

Widespread homelessness and a lack of suitable housing is jeopardising the rehabilitation of offenders, according to inspectors.

The probation system is not doing enough to learn lessons from serious crimes committed by offenders under supervision, according to inspectors.

The probation system is not doing enough to learn lessons from serious crimes committed by offenders under supervision, according to inspectors.

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.

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 not doing enough to rehabilitate perpetrators of domestic abuse or keep victims safe, according to a new report out today.

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.

The enforcement by private probation companies of community-based court sentences has been assessed as poor in a report by HM Inspectorate of Probation.