tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post4215534822525509740..comments2024-03-28T07:32:23.397+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Britain in 2016 Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-5308969617011366892016-03-19T08:46:45.374+00:002016-03-19T08:46:45.374+00:00There is a lot more to the Joanne Dennehy case tha...There is a lot more to the Joanne Dennehy case than is to be gleaned from a muddled BBC report as becomes apparent from a Wikipedia article.<br /><br />I suspect this may have been the issue a BBC journalist wanted to tell me about when she asked for my phone number a few days ago, without giving any reason - I did not give it and asked for info whilst complaining about my past dissatisfaction with her responses to me. I have had nothing to do with the Wiki article - as apparently only one of three English women serving a full life sentence tariff, she is a rather unusual prisoner.<br /><br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough_ditch_murdersAndrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-37003384134391138822016-03-18T22:24:28.359+00:002016-03-18T22:24:28.359+00:00Heard a wonderful assessment of government's c...Heard a wonderful assessment of government's cuts on R4PM this afternoon, when the mother of a young man with severe disability asked how MPs could justify taking money off those with limited resources & disabilities as an incentive to work, as compared to their own argument that they and other wealthy types needed additional pay to incentivise them to work. It was a beautifully simple argument.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-12339926926657147572016-03-18T22:14:17.919+00:002016-03-18T22:14:17.919+00:00It seems the austerity policy has become too much ...It seems the austerity policy has become too much even for Iam Drunken-Shit. Too many bad dreams keeping him awake?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-38323736668830989912016-03-18T21:48:53.919+00:002016-03-18T21:48:53.919+00:00http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/18/ia...http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/18/iain-duncan-smith-resigns-from-cabinet-over-disability-cutsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-34541760919043806522016-03-18T21:28:43.437+00:002016-03-18T21:28:43.437+00:00The Mail article ends with references to Dennehy&#...The Mail article ends with references to Dennehy's use of alcohol & illicit substances and involvement with psychiatric services:<br /><br />"She was diagnosed with a personality disorder, psychopathic, anti-social and emotional instability disorders and an obsessive compulsive disorder."<br /><br />I hate this blame game shit. Why pick on probation? What about substance misuse teams? Mental health? Police? Prison? Dennehy's was clearly a complicated case to manage but probation services are not, and never have been, drug treatment centres, psychiatric units or covert monitoring teams. Did no-one else have eyes, ears or any view about Dennehy's presentation? The victims' families, now victims themselves as a consequence of Dennehy's criminal acts of violence, are being encouraged to focus their anger at a single agency which had limited powers under the terms of a 12 month Community Order. <br /><br />There's a much bigger picture of constructive institutional failure that needs addressed including years and years of massive cuts in funding for essential public services.<br /><br />This is but one example of the false economy of the ideology of privatisation. And it is tragic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-16568332942855729122016-03-18T21:02:25.922+00:002016-03-18T21:02:25.922+00:00It's a pity the media isn't so quick to re...It's a pity the media isn't so quick to report the TR shambles. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-65414069408955767112016-03-18T18:57:07.051+00:002016-03-18T18:57:07.051+00:00I can't be the only one heartily sick of the c...I can't be the only one heartily sick of the constant repetition of "innovative" and "innovation" coming out of Whitehall. <br /><br />We don't need "innovative" new ways of doing things, we need the old ways, which we know work, to be funded properly. And for this bunch of old Etonian bastards to be kicked out of office and made to suffer, badly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-63799812072583279972016-03-18T18:27:22.718+00:002016-03-18T18:27:22.718+00:00Daily Mail:-
Triple murderer Joanna Dennehy was o...Daily Mail:-<br /><br />Triple murderer Joanna Dennehy was on probation at the time she killed three men and dumped their bodies in the countryside, it emerged today. An official report states that the case of the 33-year-old was handled by officers who were insufficiently inexperienced to deal with its 'complexities'.<br /><br />The widow of one of Dennehy's victims said she had been left 'numb' by the revelation and questioned whether her husband could still be alive if not for the probation service's failings.<br /><br />Dennehy killed her lover and two other men then threw their bodies in a ditch with the help of an apprentice during a frenzied crime spree in March 2013. A report has now revealed that the murderer was being supervised by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough probation service at the time.<br /><br />She had previously been given a 12-month community order after being convicted of assault and owning a dangerous dog.<br />The report into the probation service's blunders has not been made public since it was compiled two years ago, but details of it were reported today by BBC News. The investigation concluded that a 'more experienced offender manager' should have handled Dennehy's probation because it was so complicated. It pointed to a number of 'deficiencies' in the case, but said that they did not contribute directly to her killing spree.<br /><br />An assessment of Dennehy found that she had the 'potential to cause serious harm' but was unlikely to do so.<br />Christina Lee, whose husband Kevin Lee was one of the killer's victims, today spoke of her anger at the report's findings. 'We have been left numb by the failings identified,' she told the BBC. 'It has left us wondering whether my husband would still be alive today had they done their job properly.'<br /><br />It emerged a few days ago that Dennehy is currently suing the prison service because solitary confinement makes her 'tearful and upset'. <br /><br />A spokesman for the Probation Service said: 'Our sympathies are with the families’ of the victims following these abhorrent crimes. Public protection is our priority and in the very rare case of serious further offending a review is carried out to identify any areas for improvement. Recommendations from this review were taken on board at the time and action was taken to improve the management of cases going forward.'<br />Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-15420114379750525872016-03-18T18:13:51.779+00:002016-03-18T18:13:51.779+00:00From the BBC:-
Triple killer Joanne Dennehy was u...From the BBC:-<br /><br />Triple killer Joanne Dennehy was under the supervision of probation workers when she murdered three men, the BBC can reveal. Dennehy, 33, from Peterborough, is serving life for the murders of three men in 2013.<br /><br />A report highlights "deficiencies" by the probation service, but says there is "no evidence that these contributed directly" to the deaths. Christina Lee, widow of victim Kevin Lee, criticised the failings.<br /><br />"We have been left numb by the failings identified... and it has left us wondering whether my husband would still be alive today had they done their job properly," she said.<br /><br />Dennehy had been given a community order of 12 months for assault and being in control of a dangerous dog. She was supervised by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Probation service, but she missed appointments with probation officers after going to Lincolnshire.<br /><br />The restricted report, seen by the BBC, says a "more experienced offender manager" should have been appointed to deal with the "complexities" of the case. It says there was no contact with Dennehy when she was in prison which was a "missed opportunity".<br /><br />The probation service risk appraisal of Dennehy was that she had the "potential to cause serious harm" but was unlikely to do so "unless there was a significant change in circumstances". The report said the probation service should have looked into this further. It recommends the probation services undertake greater "risk of harm" analysis of cases and that there is additional training for probation officers.<br /><br />Dennehy murdered Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, Kevin Lee, 48, and John Chapman, 56, in March 2013 before dumping their bodies. She went on the run and subsequently stabbed dog walkers Robin Bereza, 64, and 56-year-old John Rogers in Hereford. <br /><br />The Probation Service has yet to comment.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-49581647934860178502016-03-18T17:05:14.711+00:002016-03-18T17:05:14.711+00:00The Mail takes its usual measured approach:
"...The Mail takes its usual measured approach:<br /><br />"The report into the probation service's blunders has not been made public, but details of it were reported by BBC News."<br /><br />Never understood how or why a probation officer is held responsible for their client's offending. Its a ludicrous view to hold but one that was inevitable once the politicians, letterheads and signs proclaimed that probation were a law enforcement & public protection agency as opposed to rehabilitation specialists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-71544254368311299692016-03-18T13:41:53.326+00:002016-03-18T13:41:53.326+00:00Jim
Probation in the news. funny how we get a high...Jim<br />Probation in the news. funny how we get a high profile when things go wrong...<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35840866Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-17482038575491479042016-03-18T09:21:22.668+00:002016-03-18T09:21:22.668+00:00George Osborne has announced a £115m package towar...George Osborne has announced a £115m package towards dealing with homelessness, including an extra £5m for a social impact bond, as part of today’s Budget, but charities say more action is needed. <br /><br />Today’s budget included the news that the government will invest £100m in “low-cost ‘second stage’ accommodation for rough sleepers leaving hostel accommodation and domestic abuse victims and their families moving on from refuges”. <br /><br />It said that this will create 2,000 places and free up hostels for those in “acute need”. <br /><br />The government will also invest £10m over two years to “scale up innovative ways to prevent and reduce rough sleeping” building on the No Second Night Out initiative. <br /><br />It has doubled the amount of funding for the rough sleeping social impact bond, which was announced at the Autumn Statement, from £5m to £10m. It says this will “drive innovative ways of tackling entrenched rough sleeping, including the Housing First approach”.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-41216836708854420282016-03-18T09:01:23.133+00:002016-03-18T09:01:23.133+00:00More on Judy's namesake (remember Judy?) from ...More on Judy's namesake (remember Judy?) from the Pertemps website for EFFRR:<br /><br />"Sarah McKnight, Head of Employment, NOMS<br /><br />Sarah McKnight has worked across Government on policy and operations for in excess of twelve years and is currently the Head of Employment in NOMS with responsibility for the EFFRR links to NOMS.<br /><br />Her role includes responsibility for day one mandation, finance benefit and debt policy, housing and homeliness policy and the wider interface with DWP. <br /><br />Sarah has worked on the implementation of ONE3ONE Solutions (prison industries), the design of the MoJ Payment by Results policy and pilot programme and the Breaking the Cycle Green Paper, with her vast experience crossing many departments including Ofsted and a range of roles within DWP."<br /><br />I'd like to know a bit more about the "homeliness policy" - perhaps its a NOMS initiative for NOMS staff, a bit like their "cosy relationships" policy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-55947634711368937602016-03-18T08:24:17.571+00:002016-03-18T08:24:17.571+00:00And the money put forward for homelessness (which ...And the money put forward for homelessness (which the govt has created) will go to a private company to set up some sort of workhouse. Create the market, then siphon off hard working tax payers money into the pockets of those purporting to 'solve' the (artificially created) problem. Organised crime. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-276644383406841752016-03-18T07:50:37.630+00:002016-03-18T07:50:37.630+00:00The country and the 90% who don't have the wea...The country and the 90% who don't have the wealth-going to the dogs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-30139762046386842832016-03-18T07:39:57.813+00:002016-03-18T07:39:57.813+00:00From The Independent 2012: "The Department of...From The Independent 2012: "The Department of Justice has rebranded the old Prison Industries Unit as a new body called One3one Solutions and wants to increase prison revenues to £130m a year by 2021. One3one, which is named after the number of prisons in the UK estate, is offering interested companies the chance of "utilising a workforce of motivated prisoners" who, it claims, are looking to "build outstanding business relationships with you".<br /><br />Prisoners are not paid the minimum wage, and labour contracts seen by the investigative website Exaro News show companies are typically paying prisons the equivalent of around £2 an hour for prisoners' labour.<br /><br />Most convicts are paid much less, with the prisons taking a variable amount of their salary. At this wage level, the unions say, companies may choose to outsource jobs to prisons which might otherwise go to the law-abiding unemployed. There are also concerns that as the numbers employed in prisons increase, the emphasis will be less on training and development and more on using "cheap labour" to subsidise the prison estate."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-87915769082855734462016-03-18T07:29:34.059+00:002016-03-18T07:29:34.059+00:00One3one??
Sarah McKnight Chief Executive of ONE3O...One3one??<br /><br />Sarah McKnight Chief Executive of ONE3ONE Solutions:<br /><br />“ONE3ONE Solutions provides a wide range of products and services that can be tailored to meet the needs of your business. With more than a hundred prisons across England and Wales we provide excellent geographic reach, potential for increased production capacity and operational flexibility at competitive prices. Working with ONE3ONE can benefit your business, so come talk to us to explore further."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-40672183992032159952016-03-18T07:21:44.041+00:002016-03-18T07:21:44.041+00:00But MoJ are keen to ensure everything is okay acco...But MoJ are keen to ensure everything is okay according to this written answer from 15 March:<br /><br />Prisoners' Release: Employment - <br />"To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that more prisoners obtain employment on release."<br /><br />A Answered by: Andrew Selous on: 15 March 2016 -<br />"Supporting offenders into meaningful employment is a vital aspect of the Government’s approach to rehabilitation. We already work with a wide range of employers in prison through One3One Solutions and engagement by Prison Governors. And we want Governors to do more so we are putting the tools to drive this change in the hands of those at the frontline who best know what works. We are keen to increase the number of employers who can provide valuable vocational work for offenders while in prison and who are able to offer them support in preparation for release and employment opportunities following their release. I regularly meet businesses across the country including at 2 successful roadshows at HMP Sudbury and HMP/YOI Drake hall. New businesses are now coming on board as a consequence. The Employers Forum for Reducing Reoffending brings together employers willing to employ offenders and we are working with the Department for Work and Pensions to increase the involvement of more businesses. The Prime Minister has announced changes to recruitment practises across the civil service to ensure that people are considered on their merits and not on their criminal conviction and we want to encourage more employers to do the same."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com