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This page brings together recent news, reports, articles, and commentary relevant to probation, rehabilitation, and community justice.

 

Latest news

The content includes both Probation Institute updates and selected external publications, chosen to support professional awareness, learning, and informed debate.

Items listed here do not necessarily represent formal positions of the Probation Institute, these are set out separately in our Position Papers, but reflect developments and discussions shaping the field.  

The News page is updated regularly to reflect developments across probation, rehabilitation, research, and practice.

 
What happens to prisoners in a pandemic?
What happens to prisoners in a pandemic?

What happens to prisoners in a pandemic? - A thematic review by HM Inspectorate of Prisons.

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Richard Rowley15 February 2021
Target Operating Model for the Future of Probation Services for England and Wales
Target Operating Model for the Future of Probation Services for England and Wales

The Probation Institute is pleased to see the release of the new 'Target Operating Model for the Future of Probation Services for England and Wales.'

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Richard Rowley10 February 2021
Latest edition of the Prison Reform Trust’s Bromley Briefing Prison Factfile
Latest edition of the Prison Reform Trust’s Bromley Briefing Prison Factfile

Latest edition of the Bromley Briefing Prison Factfile from Prison Reform Trust.

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Richard Rowley5 February 2021
Adapting group music sessions for lockdown HMP Pentonville
Adapting group music sessions for lockdown HMP Pentonville

Adapting group music sessions for lockdown HMP Pentonville.

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Richard Rowley2 February 2021
Latest eBulletin from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
Latest eBulletin from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies

Latest eBulletin from Richard Garside, Director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.

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Richard Rowley2 February 2021
£70 million to keep prison leavers off the streets and cut crime
£70 million to keep prison leavers off the streets and cut crime

Government announces £70 million investment in accommodation and wider support for prison leavers to cut crime.

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Richard Rowley29 January 2021
The Impact of Remote Supervision
The Impact of Remote Supervision

Research by Kent Surrey Sussex CRC and the Cambridge Institute for Criminology looking at the impact of remote supervision.

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Richard Rowley24 January 2021
Delivering a Smarter Approach: Probation professionalisation
Delivering a Smarter Approach: Probation professionalisation

Centre for Justice Innovation on Professionalising Probation and Probation Institute letter to Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.

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Richard Rowley24 January 2021
'Probation Court Work' Position Paper, and 'Technology, Remote Courts and Probation Practice' Briefing Paper
'Probation Court Work' Position Paper, and 'Technology, Remote Courts and Probation Practice' Briefing Paper

We are pleased to publish these two important papers.

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Richard Rowley6 January 2021
Electronic monitoring in probation practice
Electronic monitoring in probation practice

This paper aims to review current knowledge about Electronic Monitoring and how it works.

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Richard Rowley16 December 2020
Neighbourhood Crime Integrated Offender Management Strategy
Neighbourhood Crime Integrated Offender Management Strategy

Important report on an updated Government Strategy on Neighbourhood Crime Integrated Offender Management.

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Richard Rowley14 December 2020
Twenty-third Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture
Twenty-third Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture

Twenty-third Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture - 1:30pm, Thursday 8th July 2021. Registration details to follow in the New Year.

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Richard Rowley14 December 2020
A Thematic Review of Probation Recall Culture and Practice
A Thematic Review of Probation Recall Culture and Practice

This report is a valuable reminder of the Recall Framework and particularly urges practitioners to ensure that they are familiar with this.

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Richard Rowley14 December 2020
Minority ethnic prisoners and rehabilitation 2020
Minority ethnic prisoners and rehabilitation 2020

Thematic Inspection Report - Minority Ethnic Prisoners Experience of Rehabilitation and Resettlement

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Richard Rowley9 December 2020
2019-2020 Annual Report Inspection of probation services
2019-2020 Annual Report Inspection of probation services

2019-2020 Annual Report Inspection of probation services - Chief Inspector reporting in an exceptional year.

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Richard Rowley4 December 2020
HMI Report on Exceptional Delivery Models November 2020
HMI Report on Exceptional Delivery Models November 2020

HMI Probation have published a thematic review of the Exceptional Delivery Model arrangements in probation services in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Richard Rowley4 December 2020
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