tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post5486358672952003484..comments2024-03-28T23:10:52.046+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: TR Latest News 8Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-83760789349456439442015-10-12T01:23:19.059+01:002015-10-12T01:23:19.059+01:00SexistSexistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-12768014764458828252015-10-11T15:19:53.669+01:002015-10-11T15:19:53.669+01:00Well said 0138!Well said 0138!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-39984486014932349362015-10-11T10:40:15.193+01:002015-10-11T10:40:15.193+01:00Thank you my friend in French and lovely code. I...Thank you my friend in French and lovely code. I can assure you with every breath in my life you are an enlightened soul. The naïve probation officer who does not understand this key to change in behaviour is a fool. That said there is a part to play the support encourengement and maturity of thoise wiser older experienced in life officer help make the differences. Too many mouthy younger attitude offensive women who have been recruited into a right wing training regime. The blindly helped the transformation to destruction. Back to the past recruit mature people seasoned and experienced across the board. The feminisation has a place but not this extent. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-35398185434859580092015-10-11T07:41:51.353+01:002015-10-11T07:41:51.353+01:00He who opens a school door, closes a prison.He who opens a school door, closes a prison.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-79943114843209680342015-10-11T01:38:22.796+01:002015-10-11T01:38:22.796+01:00I don't know who you think you are Anon 23.29,...I don't know who you think you are Anon 23.29, but you have no right to tell Andrew Hatton to clear off. This is NOT your blog and many value the contributions Andrew makes. If you don't 23.29 then perhaps you should just STAY off the blog rather than keep attacking Andrew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-89760050816465680092015-10-10T23:51:51.620+01:002015-10-10T23:51:51.620+01:00What Anon at 23;29 is off topic about Colin Allars...What Anon at 23;29 is off topic about Colin Allars speaking at a Unison Police & Justice Staff Conference?<br /><br /> - Thousands of probation staff had representatives there and some of the reps were probation workers - PSOs - Clerics & others as well.<br /><br />Here is a link to the website - it seems as if they will be posting more about the meeting in due course: -<br /><br />https://www.unison.org.uk/events/police-and-justice-staff-conference-2015/<br /><br />Andrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-74293761249224426392015-10-10T23:04:56.890+01:002015-10-10T23:04:56.890+01:00Celui qui ouvre une porte d'école, ferme une p... Celui qui ouvre une porte d'école, ferme une prison. <br /><br />Victor HugoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-30265537666266344242015-10-10T20:37:42.720+01:002015-10-10T20:37:42.720+01:00Yet sentencing reform does not seem on the agenda ...Yet sentencing reform does not seem on the agenda here at all and restrictions being introduced on cautioning fly in the face of the first smart on crime principle which is to prioritise prosecutions on the most serious cases. <br /><br />It may be that the government will be able to pursue alternatives to prison for low level non- violent crimes; Cameron suggested that “where it makes sense, let’s use electronic tags to help keep us safe and help people go clean”. But let’s remember David Blunkett was heralding tags as Prisons without Bars a decade ago and they have delivered considerably less in the meantime. And diverting short term prisoners away from custody doesn't save you much in the great scheme of things.<br /><br />Where the Coalition government has taken action is in trying to improve re-entry to curb repeat offences. But the results of the introduction of post release supervision for all prisoners (let alone the impact of the wholesale re-organisation of the probation service deemed necessary to fund it) are not yet known. <br /><br />Lack of evidence about success may not stand in the away of a similar regime change in the prison system. Cameron’s description of prisons as “a service run by the state that all too often fails and entrenches poverty” suggests radical change may be on the way. Whether it will bring with it radical improvement must be open to doubt.<br /><br />Rob AllenJim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-87626179894641096372015-10-10T20:34:13.768+01:002015-10-10T20:34:13.768+01:00I haven’t checked but I’d guess that prison policy...I haven’t checked but I’d guess that prison policy has seldom made it into a Prime Minister’s Tory party conference speech. On the face of it, David Cameron’s promise that “this is going to be a big area of social reform in the next five years” should be hugely welcomed by those of us who want to see radical improvements in the way we punish people in conflict with the law. <br /><br />There’s no denying the Conservatives have come a long way since I (and Cameron as it happens) worked in the Home Office twenty years ago. When then Home Secretary Michael Howard (for whom Cameron worked as special adviser) announced in 1993 that prison works, he invited a victim of rape to address the conference. Yesterday Michael Gove was preceded by an ex offender made good and went on to say that “the best criminal justice policies are good welfare, social work and child protection policies”. <br /><br />So are we about to enter a golden age of change in which offences are decriminalised, vulnerable people diverted away from the courts, greater use made of community based sentences and shorter prison terms served in genuinely rehabilitative facilities? <br /><br />Three big question marks hang over the reform policy. First of course is the strength of the political will behind it. Gove may have complained yesterday that those sent to prison spend their sentences in enforced idleness but he was quoting almost word for word what Kenneth Clarke had told the conference five years ago. Despite Coalition with a party with a track record of commitment to penal reform , prison policy and practice was something of a disaster between 2010 and 2015. Partly this was because Clarke did not last -and there must be long odds on Gove staying the course. One wonders how widely his reforming zeal is shared- presumably not by Mrs May. <br /><br />The cynic may wonder too if the PM’s apparent conversion to the cause may be in part to prepare his troops for a climb-down on votes for prisoners. Once Cameron has taken his anti-emetic, bowed to the inevitable need to allow some prisoners at least to vote, perhaps the party will return to a more familiar stance – particularly if by then he has lost Gove his “the great Conservative Reformer”.<br /><br />The second problem is the money. Gove’s laudable desire for more education and help for prisoners to address the often catastrophic life experiences which have led them into jail does not come cheap. Even training prisons for young offenders – the highest priority in a sensible system- have been pared back so that almost half of prisoners are kept in their cells all day. On the day Gove made his speech, the Prison Inspectorate was describing Aylesbury YOI as having a very poor regime that fosters inactivity and indolence. The reason? Chronic staff shortages. <br /><br />With at least 25% further cuts to come, Gove will have to explain sooner or later how he will do more with less. He may have been able to conjure up a standing ovation by calling for better prisons but he’ll need to magic up some serious funds to create them. Selling off inner city jails may help but there are sequencing problems in that strategy - developers won’t take kindly to Gove’s brand of sitting tenants. The cynic may wonder too whether Gove’s plan to give Governors greater responsibilities may be a way of sloughing off his own. Without enough staff, the most able governors will struggle to cope let alone innovate.<br /><br />There is of course a way of solving the money problem which is to lock up fewer people for shorter periods. But this is the third and biggest problem. Cameron urged us to “get away from the sterile lock-em-up or let-em-out debate, and get smart about this”. The reference may be to the "Smart on Crime" movement in the US, but there, behind the neutral sounding slogan is some pretty serious “let em out”. Indeed the Justice Department is about to release 6,000 drug offenders serving terms now considered way too harsh.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-22739857718206533072015-10-10T20:29:48.890+01:002015-10-10T20:29:48.890+01:00A criminal tried to hold a woman probation officer...A criminal tried to hold a woman probation officer hostage and bit a male police officer during a rampage through a hostel for released prisoners, a judge heard.<br /><br />Stephen Barry barricaded himself in an office with the woman and held a pen to her throat at the hostel in Aldridge, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.<br /><br />The 48-year-old burst into the room before blocking the entrance with a fridge and fax machine torn from the wall said Mr David Bennett, prosecuting, who said: "The door was forced open while the probation officer had her back turned and the defendant went straight for her, pulled her round and holding a pen like a knife to her throat."<br /><br />Barry struck as police - called after he broke a snooker cue, smashed furniture and caused further damage at the hostel - were being met by other members of staff at the main entrance of the hostel in Stonnall Road on August 24.<br /><br />When two constables closed in on the room where he was holding the probation officer he tried to drag her by the hair to another hiding place but she broke free from his grasp.<br /><br />Then police pounced and he bit one of them on the wrist in the struggle before they could arrest the defendant, who had previous convictions for 199 offences and was on licence from jail.<br /><br />He was sexually abused in a childrens' home when young and snapped after passers by mistook him for a sex offender when he was seen leaving the probation hostel, said Mr Gurdeep Garcha, defending.<br /><br />Mr Garcha said: "He recognises this was an ugly incident that was fortunately short lived but there is significant mitigation."<br /><br />Barry was first sent to a Leicestershire hostel 50 yards from the childrens' home where he had been abused before being moved to a place where convicted sex offenders were also living, added the lawyer.<br /><br />Mr Garcha said: "Knowing what he has experienced in life, perhaps, one can understand why this was such a painful experience.<br /><br />"The staff said they could not transfer him and the red mist descended. It was all over in seven minutes,"<br /><br />Barry, of no fixed address, admitted affray and assaulting a Pc and was jailed for 12 months by Recorder John Freeman who said: "It is very unfortunate that you were sent to a hostel which has sex offenders but the pity is that you took this out on a woman who could do nothing about it.<br /><br />"It must have been terribly frightening for her. Probation hostel staff and police do dangerous jobs and deserve the protection of the courts."Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-31213211777035183352015-10-10T20:11:21.260+01:002015-10-10T20:11:21.260+01:00From Twitter where some tweeted from Unison Nation...From Twitter where some tweeted from Unison National Police & Justice Conference 2015 at Brighton using: - #upjc15<br /><br />" Elisa VasquezWalters @UKChile Oct 9<br /><br />"I don't envisage having a surplus staff situation as part of E3 findings" says Colin Allars #upjc15 #probation<br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Colin Allars tells #upjc15 "absolutely there is a will to make the NNC work on the part of NOMS" #probation<br /><br />https://twitter.com/UKChile/status/652416318604447744Andrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-23274634328077970162015-10-10T20:02:22.697+01:002015-10-10T20:02:22.697+01:00From Rob Allen's Blog: -
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Unlocking Po...From Rob Allen's Blog: -<br /><br />" <br />Unlocking Potential<br /><br />Wednesday, 7 October 2015<br /><br />Brave New World or False Dawn? The Tory Agenda on Prison Reform "<br /><br />http://reformingprisons.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/brave-new-world-or-false-dawn-tory.html<br />Andrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-45676685836579424562015-10-10T19:58:21.716+01:002015-10-10T19:58:21.716+01:00From the Express and Star - Wolverhampton: -
&quo...From the Express and Star - Wolverhampton: -<br /><br />" Criminal tried to hold probation officer hostage<br /><br />A criminal tried to hold a woman probation officer hostage and bit a male police officer during a rampage through a hostel for released prisoners,a judge heard. "<br /><br />PUBLISHED: October 10, 2015 8:00 am <br /><br />http://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-news/2015/10/10/criminal-tried-to-hold-probation-officer-hostage/Andrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-836103629543616862015-10-10T19:57:25.710+01:002015-10-10T19:57:25.710+01:00I just booked trains and accommodation and registe...I just booked trains and accommodation and registered for NAPO conference. Of course its all shit, we have a relentless horrible Tory government in power, hell bent on destruction of our country and its institutions. (not overdramatising: if I was in Scotland or even Wales I would be highly motivated to separate with immediate effect). Of course NAPO could have done better. Bring on the debate, but lets get there and debate it. And lets be a Union. In fact, lets be a Union affiliated to the Labour Party. This is bigger than us as individuals, and us as Probation.<br /><br />Burning to sign this in my own name, bloody gagged<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-24223539473138343682015-10-10T18:21:03.244+01:002015-10-10T18:21:03.244+01:00I think somebody made a comment of IOM being in to...I think somebody made a comment of IOM being in total confusion, as they have no partnership with CRC and PO's from NPS can no longer fulfill the partnership role as they now have generic caseloads and can't spend days at the copshop!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-55986576174963286072015-10-10T13:21:30.785+01:002015-10-10T13:21:30.785+01:00Start us off then...Start us off then...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-60215391732850866492015-10-10T11:40:58.530+01:002015-10-10T11:40:58.530+01:00Boring as no comments. Someone made a good point ...Boring as no comments. Someone made a good point yesterday about IOM and it's role in the new world. This sounds interesting so let's discuss this today?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com