A probation service in Kent has been given an overall rating of inadequate in a “disappointing” report, according to an inspector. East Kent Probation Delivery Unit (PDU) failed to effectively work ...

The Probation Service is facing often ‘chronic staffing shortages at every grade’ according to this year’s annual report by the watchdog, which also highlighted challenges around hybrid working. The ...

The federal charges against a former Blount County Juvenile Court magistrate have been dropped following her entering a guilty plea in county criminal court.

Mike Cutland said he believed a rise in orders meant the courts had "confidence" in the service The number of community service hours carried out by offenders has almost doubled in a year, Jersey's ...

The probation service has returned to public control just seven years after Chris Grayling's controversial and 'deeply flawed' reforms saw it semi-privatised. Then-Justice Secretary Grayling's 2014 ...

Unions have warned of ‘unmanageable’ workloads in the Probation Service, forcing staff to quit and putting pressure on less experienced employees. Napo – the trade association and union for probation ...

Senior officials from the Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) appeared before the House of ...

Criminal activity and 'grassroots intelligence' are being missed by probation officers in Britain because so many are working from home, an insider claimed today. Probation officers are allowed to log ...

Britain’s probation service is in chaos after a series of crippling computer failures over the past three weeks, with thousands of offenders’ case files lost, frozen or wiped. In preparation for ...

The head of the UK’s probation watchdog has warned the service is failing in 97 per cent of areas, even before the government releases thousands of prisoners early. Martin Jones, the chief inspector ...