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I watched both speeches and I've read a lot of reflections on them, but I think this is the best so far:- I hadn’t planned on watching K...

For the 28th Annual McWilliams Probation Lecture on 14th July 2026, Professor Melissa Hamilton will speak on 'Artificial Intelligence in...

It goes deeper than probation as a service. What we’re really seeing is the result of society and government failing people earlier and earl...

Thanks to the sterling efforts of 'Getafix, our star contributor, we can now read that Daily Telegraph article about the forthcoming boo...

Thanks go to Ian Gould, another long term blog supporter, for pointing us to the Daily Telegraph again for a strongly-worded piece yesterda...

Oh look what I've spotted, published 16th April! I'm really not sure what to make of this as PO's have a long tradition of keep...

Yet again our ace contributor 'Getafix was alert to the following article published yesterday in the Daily Telegraph. The pesky paywal...

Once again we thank regular contributor 'Getafix for pointing us un the direction of this important contribution to the probation debat...

Although probation still lacks a convincing champion, might it come from the voluntary sector? I notice this powerful plea from former PO K...

MoJ announces funding for 1,300 extra probation officers New recruitment to come on top of 2,300 pledged since Labour came to power An extr...