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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.

 
An introduction to the Guernsey Probation Service
An introduction to the Guernsey Probation Service

Debbie Golden and Summer Machon share their insights into the Probation Service in Guernsey.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
Building a network for British Overseas Territories and remote/rural probation provisions
Building a network for British Overseas Territories and remote/rural probation provisions

Fiona Campbell, Laura Aston and Nicola Robinson discuss the 5th World Congress on Probation and Parole.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
Desistance and Practice: Where does the Experience stop, and Practice begin?
Desistance and Practice: Where does the Experience stop, and Practice begin?

Andi Brierley articulates the complexity of lived experience in criminal justice practice.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
PQ28 Editorial
PQ28 Editorial

Jake Phillips, Editor of Probation Quarterly, shares his thoughts on the key themes of PQ28.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
Probation Quarterly Issue 28 published today
Probation Quarterly Issue 28 published today

We are delighted to publish PQ28 today, with submissions from academics, practitioners, people with lived experience and the voluntary sector.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
Delivering prison and probation services in Wales: a view from the leaders
Delivering prison and probation services in Wales: a view from the leaders

Research by Jake Thirkell, Programme Manager from HMPPS.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
25th Annual Bill McWilliams Lecture
25th Annual Bill McWilliams Lecture

We're pleased to promote the Bill McWilliams lecture at the Institute for Criminology at the University of Cambridge.

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Richard Rowley5 June 2023
Chief Inspector's blog: using failure to drive transformational change
Chief Inspector's blog: using failure to drive transformational change

Recent blog by Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.

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Richard Rowley31 May 2023
Restricted status children and prisoners held in women’s establishments
Restricted status children and prisoners held in women’s establishments

Recent report from HM Chief Inspector of Prisons

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Richard Rowley23 May 2023
Learning resources for working with veterans
Learning resources for working with veterans

We are continuing with a joint project, with Liverpool John Moores University, to encourage implementation of the recommendations arising from the findings.

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Richard Rowley15 May 2023
Sir John Major: We over-use prison and under value alternative sentences
Sir John Major: We over-use prison and under value alternative sentences

Sir John Major gave an interesting presentation to the Prison Reform Trust.

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Richard Rowley15 May 2023
Call for evidence launched on community sentences
Call for evidence launched on community sentences

House of Lords Committee on Justice and Home Affairs is calling for evidence to the Inquiry into Community Sentences.

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Richard Rowley15 May 2023
National Audit Office Report - Improving resettlement support for prison leavers to reduce re-offending
National Audit Office Report - Improving resettlement support for prison leavers to reduce re-offending

The concluding paragraph of the NAO report should concern us all in terms of value for money and effectiveness. 

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Richard Rowley14 May 2023
Probation Institute Research Event
Probation Institute Research Event

The Probation Institute Research Event takes place on the 22nd May 2023.

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Richard Rowley30 April 2023
Government urged to resentence people on IPP sentences which cause psychological harms
Government urged to resentence people on IPP sentences which cause psychological harms

The PI working closely with the British Psychological Society, the Cambridge Institute of Criminology and many wider organisations calling for major changes with regard to IIP sentences.

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Richard Rowley27 April 2023
New Chair and Vice Chair for the Probation Institute
New Chair and Vice Chair for the Probation Institute

We are delighted to announce that from April we have two new office holders for the Probation Institute CIO.

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Richard Rowley25 April 2023
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