Yesterday (10 February 2021), HMPPS published the most important documents yet ahead of the re-unification of the probation service in June this year. It made live the final Target Operating Model and published a new set of National Standards which are designed explicitly to support transition to the unified model.… Work with offenders looks at the final model for the re-unified probation service...
Yesterday the Ministry of Justice updated its list of offending behaviour programmes and interventions available for offenders in England and Wales. Offender behaviour programmes and interventions are designed to change the thinking, attitudes and behaviours which may lead people to reoffend. Most programmes and interventions are delivered in groups but… Work with offenders on the official list of offending behaviour interventions...
A new report published by Crest Advisory on Friday explores the issue of vulnerability as a driver of serious violence, focusing on young people. It summarises the current trends in violence and patterns of vulnerability among children and young people, including the rise in poverty and deprivation. The report starts… Work with offenders the current trends in violence and patterns of vulnerability among children and young people...
This is the eighth in our occasional series on key independent organisations operating within the criminal justice sector. The Shannon Trust was founded by Christopher Morgan in 1997 following a series of letters with a life sentenced prisoner, Tom Shannon, in a penpal scheme run by the Prison Reform Trust.… Work with offenders profiles the leading charity helping prisoners read...
Children’s experiences in custody in 2019-20 disclosed a “grim” picture of violence and self-harm and long periods locked in their cells, according to Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons talking about today’s new report: “Children in Custody 2019-20: An analysis of 12–18-year-olds’ perceptions of their experiences in secure training… Work with offenders looks at a troubling new report from the Chief Inspector of Prisons...
Last week Prisons and Probation Minister Lucy Frazer announced £70 million package of investments in accommodation and wider support for prison leavers. The pandemic has highlighted what people in the justice field have known for many years – that a large and increasing number of people leaving prison have nowhere… Work with offenders on £70m package of support...
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation has just published a new report in their “Academic Insights” series looking at best practice in relation to County Lines drug dealing. The report was produced by Professor John Pitts and highlights how County Lines operations have moved to the country and expanded over recent… Work with Offenders on a new report by Professor John Pitts...
A new T2A (Transition to Adulthood) briefing on young adults and remand launched today (Thursday 25 January) makes the case for a reform of remand arrangements for young adults. T2A (Transition to Adulthood) is an initiative of the Barrow Cadbury Trust’s criminal justice programme. The Trust is an independent, charitable… Work with offenders looks at new recommendations to reduce the number of young adults remanded in custody...
The Sentencing Council has published a comprehensive package of new sentencing guidelines for drugs offences designed to reflect a change in the nature of offending as well as taking into account additional offences in relation to new psychoactive substances. The Misuse of Drugs Act offences of importation, production and supply… Work with Offenders looks at the factors behind new Sentencing Council guidelines for drug offences ...
Somewhat unusually, the MoJ chose the weekend (Saturday 23 January) to make two big announcements about the future of work with women offenders. Firstly it issued a press release to say that 38 women’s organisations will receive almost £2 million in new funding to support their work steering women away… Work with Offenders looks at the Government’s plans to send fewer women to prison...