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We're just a dumping ground for the prison service. The beleaguered cap doffers. The national guidelines only favour the prison especial...

This from Napo yesterday:- Probation Pay Offer for 2025-2026 finally received - Napo recommend rejection Over a year has passed since the P...

If Wales Is the blueprint, God help us when England follows, it’s genuinely head-in-hands stuff. The scale of denial on display needs saying...

Thanks go to regular contributor 'Getafix for pointing us in the direstion of this video  as part of the MoJ's recruitment drive:-  ...

It's good to see work continues to make the case for a different probation model and it must be hoped that Members of Parliament, the M...

Both of these comments underline something uncomfortable but unavoidable. What we’re describing here isn’t just burnout or disappointment, i...

"No Choice But to Leave” : When Self-Preservation Becomes the Only Option I didn’t leave probation because I stopped caring. In fact, t...

With 207 comments on the last post we need to take a breath. This contribution seems as good a way to start ready for the New Year:- It...

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 ...