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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.

 
Is AI Putting Remote Probation Supervision at Risk Before It Even Starts?
Is AI Putting Remote Probation Supervision at Risk Before It Even Starts?

By David Jackson and Jed Stone.

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Richard Rowley12 March 2025
An Idea Whose Time Has Come? Reintroducing Volunteers Into Probation in England and Wales
An Idea Whose Time Has Come? Reintroducing Volunteers Into Probation in England and Wales

By Andrew Watson.

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Richard Rowley12 March 2025
Can Sexual Health Services be Delivered in a Probation Setting?
Can Sexual Health Services be Delivered in a Probation Setting?

By Aimée Challenger, Christie Craddock, Benjamin Gray, Joanne Tilley.

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Richard Rowley12 March 2025
Edd Flynn – The Day in the Life of an OMiC Senior Leader
Edd Flynn – The Day in the Life of an OMiC Senior Leader

By Edd Flynn.

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Richard Rowley12 March 2025
Where Are They Now… Hayley Atkins?
Where Are They Now… Hayley Atkins?

By Hayley Atkins.

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Richard Rowley12 March 2025
Clients’ Relationship With Their Mobile Phones and How This Manifests in Telephone Counselling Work
Clients’ Relationship With Their Mobile Phones and How This Manifests in Telephone Counselling Work

By Denise Stevens.

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Richard Rowley12 March 2025
Probation Work - The Politics of Professional Identity
Probation Work - The Politics of Professional Identity

By Anne Burrell.

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Richard Rowley12 March 2025
PQ35 Editorial
PQ35 Editorial

Lyn Adamson, Editor of Probation Quarterly, shares her thoughts on the key themes of PQ35.

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Richard Rowley12 March 2025
Probation Quarterly Issue 35 published today
Probation Quarterly Issue 35 published today

We are delighted to publish PQ35 today, with articles from academics and professionals on a wide range of topics.

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Richard Rowley12 March 2025
Statement on pre-sentence reports (PSRs) in the revised Imposition guideline
Statement on pre-sentence reports (PSRs) in the revised Imposition guideline

These sentencing guidelines make a lot of sense.

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Richard Rowley7 March 2025
‘You’re trying to juggle everything’: Understanding the consequences of emotional labour for senior probation officers in England and Wales
‘You’re trying to juggle everything’: Understanding the consequences of emotional labour for senior probation officers in England and Wales

How line managers in probation experience and cope with the consequences of having to perform emotional labour.

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Richard Rowley27 February 2025
Position Paper on Professionalism
Position Paper on Professionalism

The topic of Professionalism is very current and nowhere more so than in Probation and Social Work.

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Richard Rowley20 February 2025
Probation Institute Research Event: Restorative Justice
Probation Institute Research Event: Restorative Justice

This Research Event will look at the interaction between restorative justice and criminal justice.

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Richard Rowley20 February 2025
Independent Sentencing Review
Independent Sentencing Review

Part 1 of the report published today.

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Richard Rowley18 February 2025
Lord Chancellor sets out her vision for the Probation Service
Lord Chancellor sets out her vision for the Probation Service

Shabana Mahmood’s recent speech from 12th February 2025.

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Richard Rowley17 February 2025
Former chief inspector of prisons to lead capacity crisis review
Former chief inspector of prisons to lead capacity crisis review

Dame Anne Owers will lead review into the handling of prison capacity.

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Richard Rowley13 February 2025
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