tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post3758589168241498764..comments2024-03-28T19:11:47.821+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: News Roundup 9Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-41844958043686599822017-03-01T14:20:20.506+00:002017-03-01T14:20:20.506+00:00The Plymouth mum of murdered Tanis Bhandari will a...The Plymouth mum of murdered Tanis Bhandari will appear on TV tonight in a documentary promising to expose deep failings in the lead-up to her son's death.<br /><br />Andrea Sharpe will be featured alongside another mother whose son was killed by a man supposedly being monitored by a privatised arm of the Probation Service.<br /><br />The programme will highight how one of Tanis's killers, Donald Pemerton, was filmed on CCTV brandishing meat cleavers in the street just two weeks before the murder.<br /><br />The mothers of Tanis, who was 27, and South Wales man Conner Marshall, 18, are calling for grieving relatives to be given more information if mistakes are made by probation.<br /><br />Both were murdered following a string of failings by a private probation company who were monitoring their killers.<br /><br />The Herald was the first to highlight the similarities between the cases of Tanis and Conner in January 2016.<br /><br />There have been growing concerns after the Probation Service was controversially part-privatised by the Government, particularly over how accountable and transparent the new system would be.<br /><br />The Dorset, Devon and Cornwall Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC), run by Working Links, is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act and any Serious Further Offence reports – which examines incidents where individuals under supervision commit serious offices – are not considered "public documents" and that families of victims were only allowed a summary version.<br /><br />Conner's family battled the authorities for a full SFO review into the monitoring of his killer David Braddon, of Caerphilly, South Wales.<br /><br />Conner Marshall, aged 18 was savagely beaten to death by Braddon in March 2014.<br /><br />At the time Braddon was under the supervision of a CRC run by Working Links.<br /><br />That the summary report released to Mr Marshall's parents claimed that there was "nothing the offender manager could have done which would have predicted or prevented the offence".<br /><br />However, the full report – believed to be the first Serious Further Offence report ever released to a victim's family – revealed much more.<br /><br /><br />According to Nadine Marshall, Conner's mum, the full 20-page report noted how "David Braddon's supervision was unworkable and he should have been sent back to court." <br /><br />In a programme to be broadcast on S4C tonight it will be shown how Conner's murderer had convictions for violent offences and at the time of his killing had missed eight appointments while being monitored by private firm Working Links.<br /><br />The programme will also highlight how Pemberton had been filmed brandishing meat cleavers two weeks before the murder of Tanis, while he was on licence and supposedly being monitored by Working Links staff.<br /><br />Both parents claim that their son's killers should have been recalled to court before the fatal attacks.<br /><br />Neither family were told of the failings and had to battle to get the information.<br /><br />Tanis's family were only made aware of their entitlement to the SFO summary review after being informed by The Herald.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-24650296296577965632017-03-01T10:11:17.515+00:002017-03-01T10:11:17.515+00:00http://m.plymouthherald.co.uk/failures-of-probatio...http://m.plymouthherald.co.uk/failures-of-probation-s-monitoring-of-tanis-killer-and-similar-case-to-be-broadcast-tonight/story-30169907-detail/story.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-92041572805371585502017-03-01T07:06:25.008+00:002017-03-01T07:06:25.008+00:00Too much reality, getafix. No-one wants to acknowl...Too much reality, getafix. No-one wants to acknowledge it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-64983994817078935992017-02-28T23:05:54.467+00:002017-02-28T23:05:54.467+00:00I hope not, how can you train staff on a model tha...I hope not, how can you train staff on a model that "has nothing to apply". It feels as though Interserve has crashed and are out of their depth and everyone knows it including them. They have no answers for this sorry mess and now by the looks of things they have no money. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-90930886151774127562017-02-28T23:04:31.347+00:002017-02-28T23:04:31.347+00:00Working Links slated tonight on S4CWorking Links slated tonight on S4CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-90825014639341969212017-02-28T22:59:07.221+00:002017-02-28T22:59:07.221+00:00The ones who are left will be managing huge areas,...The ones who are left will be managing huge areas, not sure it is doable. And they are taking a risk with their careers if it isn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-96884356520012152017-02-28T22:51:44.800+00:002017-02-28T22:51:44.800+00:00Anon 20:02, totally agree the Interserve models is...Anon 20:02, totally agree the Interserve models is totally bollocks, we can all look forward to them "dumping their contract" and doing us all a favour. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-73749560631401028302017-02-28T22:47:46.451+00:002017-02-28T22:47:46.451+00:00I'm quite surprised that no one has commented ...I'm quite surprised that no one has commented on the prison officer being charged with manslaughter. <br />It's a fact that your decision today could put you in the same place. <br />What protection have you got? <br />What would you do if it did happen? <br />Would it attract more then 2mins on the local news? <br />And if Interserve is your employer they'll give a big fuck I'm sure. <br />Probation, like all the CJS, is in the spotlight. It could be you next. <br />. <br />'Getafix Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-62943064510973663492017-02-28T21:59:08.182+00:002017-02-28T21:59:08.182+00:00And given that they couldn't get it right firs...And given that they couldn't get it right first time round Interserve are going to be re launching the Interchange model to frontline staff - what part of this isn't working because it's shit do " they " not get Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-49215828476168067832017-02-28T21:58:05.959+00:002017-02-28T21:58:05.959+00:00Every day this week we have had an email in London...Every day this week we have had an email in London telling us yet another ACO has left. I don't know if anyone is left!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-74964745724693595512017-02-28T21:55:44.909+00:002017-02-28T21:55:44.909+00:00http://www.interserve.com/blog/blog-post/iaw/2016/...http://www.interserve.com/blog/blog-post/iaw/2016/11/16/one-size-doesn-t-fit-all-time-to-get-personal-with-offenders#.WLXvbBmnzq <br /><br />Curtesy of Kim Thornden Edwards in her previous role now CEO of HIOW CRC - wife of Chris Edwards CEO CGM CRC , nothing like a little bit of nepotism - the personalisation budget she's talking about is currently being piloted within CGM - however what she's describing above sounds very much like what we previously knew as Spotlight teams !!!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-57497241899536755242017-02-28T21:23:42.374+00:002017-02-28T21:23:42.374+00:00My memory of the graphic for the Interchange Model...My memory of the graphic for the Interchange Model is that it shows a service user being fed through a set of cogs.....I kid you not! And they claimed it was based on Desistence research. Ha Ha.....they were having a laugh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-18962246663213418482017-02-28T20:02:05.405+00:002017-02-28T20:02:05.405+00:00'They are struggling to implement their Inters...'They are struggling to implement their Interserve Model' - they are struggling because the 'Interchange' model is a model in name only. In reality it is no more than a confidence trick - a clumsy collection of enticing but empty words and half understood ideas cynically bundled together in an apparently successful ruse wherein both buyer and, seemingly, inspectorate alike were only too eager to be hoodwinked into believing that simply calling nothing something somehow makes it something, and better still something 'innovative' - bundled together by Interserve and 'evaluated' by MMU's 'Policy Evaluation Research Unit' - funded, coincidentally, by Interserve so of course in no way susceptible to malign influence. Meanwhile frontline staff are found to be at fault because they are struggling to apply a model that contains nothing to apply...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-49998767762780595432017-02-28T18:22:56.261+00:002017-02-28T18:22:56.261+00:00I'm surprised ingeus who control the midlands ...I'm surprised ingeus who control the midlands haven't bowed out yet. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-60007390654653325132017-02-28T16:35:47.620+00:002017-02-28T16:35:47.620+00:00Humberside, Lincs, Yorks, Merseyside, Manc & C...Humberside, Lincs, Yorks, Merseyside, Manc & Cheshire, Hants... ?<br /><br />I'm sure Sodexo wouldn't mind taking the four in the North, making it more or less a clean sweep, & maybe a bit of horse trading down South to tidy up the geography? Economies of scale, more cash in the bank, but totally shit services guaranteed all-round. And with each CRC being a business entity in its own right requiring consent of the Golden Shareholder, you'll take care of that won't you, Lizzy Dripping?<br /><br />Grayling has NO idea what he started, the dumb, numb lump of meat. Nor does he give a flying fig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-50482510265823137672017-02-28T16:16:35.097+00:002017-02-28T16:16:35.097+00:00(From the same article) - "Some go on to work...(From the same article) - "Some go on to work in the same industry sectors they once regulated while in government. Analysis by The Daily Mail showed that despite rules against the use of insider information, hundreds of former public servants are cashing in with highly paid jobs with private firms, despite previous promises of action by David Cameron on the issue."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-86397929376614691202017-02-28T16:13:16.391+00:002017-02-28T16:13:16.391+00:00The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (A...The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) considers applications under the business appointment rules about new jobs for former ministers, senior civil servants and other Crown servants. Its job is to stop former high level politicians and public servants from exploiting former insider knowledge in their new positions. (From Indie article last May)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-78276388994994695202017-02-28T16:08:40.473+00:002017-02-28T16:08:40.473+00:00In Oct 2016 -
"The former director of publi...In Oct 2016 - <br /><br />"The former director of public sector prisons Ian Mulholland has joined Interserve as the company’s director of justice.<br /><br />Ian began his career as a prison officer 26 years ago before working his way up to the top prisons’ job at the National Offender Management Service (NOMS).<br /><br />Before he left to join the company, Ian had responsibility for 110 public prisons across England and Wales – representing 85 per cent of the prison population – and more than 37,000 staff; together with three immigration removal centres."<br /><br />What happened to the senior civil servant cooling off period before cashing-in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-87320134993613778532017-02-28T16:02:07.236+00:002017-02-28T16:02:07.236+00:00Share price end Feb'16 was 432p; share price t...Share price end Feb'16 was 432p; share price today is around 236p, or 54% of the value it was a year ago, a loss of 46%. Given the generous clauses written in by Grayling, Wright & Romeo, Interswerve will surely be looking to dump some not-so-lucrative CRC contracts very soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-3084429406162638712017-02-28T13:29:24.151+00:002017-02-28T13:29:24.151+00:00We need a new Government to balance this out of co...We need a new Government to balance this out of control capitalism the working classes are suffering. Bring back Blair or David Milliband to lead and Labour back to restore decency, respect and integrity for all citizens rather than the chosen privileged parasites stealing from public servicesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-65709335596558019692017-02-28T13:18:24.840+00:002017-02-28T13:18:24.840+00:00If Interserve carry on like this it maybe that the...If Interserve carry on like this it maybe that they won't have any contracts left. If they have lost shares how are they going to put money into their justice services to improve things. Staffing is cut to bone, they are struggling to implement their Interserve Model, they are not protecting the public, and if they don't have the money to recruit staff how will they survive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-37995664169157716892017-02-28T09:53:27.888+00:002017-02-28T09:53:27.888+00:00This article makes me wonder how long it will be b...This article makes me wonder how long it will be before front line probation staff are being charged with manslaughter for private probation failings? <br /><br />http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/two-men-murdered-following-string-9929682<br /><br />'Getafix Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-21748502258828401982017-02-28T09:29:46.088+00:002017-02-28T09:29:46.088+00:00From a speech by Theresa May, 17 Nov 2010
"B...From a speech by Theresa May, 17 Nov 2010<br /><br />"But even as we increase equality of opportunity, some people will always do better than others.<br /><br />And, certainly, I do not believe in a world where everybody gets the same out of life, regardless of what they put in.<br /><br />That is why no government should try to ensure equal outcomes for everyone."<br /><br />True to her word, PM May is ensuring that some people ARE doing better than others, that some ARE getting more out of life than others regardless of their contribution, and that the government is certainly NOT ensuring equal outcomes for everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-40877241835965191322017-02-28T09:23:20.276+00:002017-02-28T09:23:20.276+00:00I think this news may is likely to compound Liz Tr...I think this news may is likely to compound Liz Truss' problems with the prison service and make any attempt to resolve a dispute with the POA extremely difficult. <br />I think people should rightly be held to account for the disastrous state of the prison system, but maybe it shouldn't be the staff on the front line that takes the fall. <br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-39107673<br /><br />'Getafix Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-41191140311604348582017-02-28T07:49:16.179+00:002017-02-28T07:49:16.179+00:00"A fresh wave of industrial action will be he..."A fresh wave of industrial action will be held in jails in England and Wales in a dispute over pay and pensions, the prison officers' union has said.<br />Prison Officers Association members will withdraw from voluntary duties, including manning "Tornado" teams which respond to outbreaks of disorder." Source: BBC news<br /><br />The next riot could be the nail in the coffin for Liz Truss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com