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First off I want to mention another BBC Radio 4 programme I was listening to last night, Radical with Amol Rajan and this episode:  Jamie Ol...

Thanks to everyone for being part of it:- I keep hearing despair from my colleagues. They don't think anyone who can make things better ...

After reading Guest Blog 107 : Probation - An Extension of the Prison?  I had the same immediate reaction: how many times do we have to say ...

To those in leadership,  I want you to hear this honestly. Reading pieces like this brings up a sadness and an anger that has become far too...

Probation: An Extension of the Prison? Against the backdrop of the recent attacks on Probation Officers in Oxford and Preston, we expected c...

I've been trying to get my head around exactly what's been going on over the last few weeks and to be honest my head has been spinni...

This response is in two parts1/2 Thank you for this vital and clear-eyed analysis . You’ve perfectly framed the collision of ideology, profi...

Unintended Consequences or Quiet Conspiracy? I'm retired a few years now but I spent nearly 40 years of my career in and around probatio...

With so much going on in the probation world recently, the following article  from Civil Service World about tagging has slipped down the ag...