tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post645286337548753780..comments2024-03-28T23:10:52.046+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Frances Rattles MoJJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-12375554056129240692014-12-21T09:41:07.469+00:002014-12-21T09:41:07.469+00:00Good morning!Good morning!Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-87474181653489664972014-12-21T09:29:02.714+00:002014-12-21T09:29:02.714+00:00Mnnn I will NOT be watching this - another platfor...Mnnn I will NOT be watching this - another platform for his lies and deceit I fear - scripts practiced and vetted - "During time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" - George Orwell. In an Orwellian sense I do not see Grayling as a revolutionary! <br /><br /> Happy Sunday to you all as once again I patiently await for my dose of Jim's blog to appear - The Blog Addict - Morning JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-33529766467878264682014-12-21T08:43:28.070+00:002014-12-21T08:43:28.070+00:00Apparently Chris 'Comical Ali' Grayling is...Apparently Chris 'Comical Ali' Grayling is on the Murnaghan programme on Sky News at 10am this morning. Should be interesting seeing as Sky are not the sycophantic BBC.<br /><br />We could have a game of Bullshit Bingo. On my bingo card I have '£46 in their pocket' and 'stubbornly high re-offending rates'. I might go for 'innovative approach' and 'charities at the forefront' with a view to getting a full house from him :)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-2678034559305084372014-12-20T23:09:14.263+00:002014-12-20T23:09:14.263+00:00Apologies if this has already been reported,but th...Apologies if this has already been reported,but there is an article in today's Times entitled '150 inmates moved out of crowded jail'. It refers to 150 prisoners being moved from Emley prison following a 'highly critical inspection report saying that it was struggling to deal with pressure caused by chronic staff shortages. Inmates have been sent to jails around the country and extra staff drafted into the prison'. The inspectors report highlighted a 'restricted and unpredictable regime' with exercise and domestic periods cancelled at short notice due to staff shortage.<br />DebAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-47458214200224514672014-12-20T23:07:09.523+00:002014-12-20T23:07:09.523+00:00Ha ha love that Ha ha love that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-41253884644939260582014-12-20T23:01:41.062+00:002014-12-20T23:01:41.062+00:00Andrew Selous walks into a bar.
The barman asks &#...Andrew Selous walks into a bar.<br />The barman asks 'why the long face?'<br /><br />The rest of the joke unfolds with tedious certainty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-76907046976631973322014-12-20T22:57:47.481+00:002014-12-20T22:57:47.481+00:00Reg Varney is in the driving seat in my CRC.
Sorr...Reg Varney is in the driving seat in my CRC.<br /><br />Sorry, Reg Vardy. Freudian slip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-53315508187649048312014-12-20T22:44:06.406+00:002014-12-20T22:44:06.406+00:00The prison service this year, Probation next http:...The prison service this year, Probation next http://www.howardleague.org/prisons_hit_by_staff_shortages/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-73158351061010818672014-12-20T21:19:57.481+00:002014-12-20T21:19:57.481+00:00The dickheads are approaching meltdown. Jezza Wrig...The dickheads are approaching meltdown. Jezza Wright has already baled out, and is already fading into anonymity. I suspect Grayling will do a runner early in 2015 leaving Selous and others to carry the can. His political will has been imposed upon the nation, so he'll have a smug Xmas.<br /><br />Spurr is so far up his own TRouser-leg he has no peripheral vision. Attack is the best form of defence when you've painted yourself into a corner, so the only way he can respond to Ms Crook & anyone else who criticises him is to make a big noise and try to sound scary. Allars is equally cornered & equally toxic.<br /><br />The bidders now have a free hand to do as they please. They are ruthless. And they will go through the CRCs like a dose of (Epsom?) salts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-64139094791430057192014-12-20T20:52:48.248+00:002014-12-20T20:52:48.248+00:00So Spurr is dismayed by an alleged misrepresentati...So Spurr is dismayed by an alleged misrepresentation. Yet he was content to watch the public probation service sink because it was failing to prevent reoffending amongst those with their £46 discharge grants – for whom the probation service had no statutory responsibility and whose voluntary support in years past was marginalised as it did not fit into the punishment in the community agenda. And then with Machiavellian fervour it's all probation's fault and the need for the private sector became urgent by some twisted logic. This government lies and deceives to promote its agenda. Fight fire with fire and if a lie or whatever achieves an objective let it be a means to an end, because the likes of Spurr have lowered the debate and thrown reason to one side. <br /><br /> Netnippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-7432119074987741962014-12-20T20:04:20.230+00:002014-12-20T20:04:20.230+00:00Charities in front seat of new reoffending drive -...Charities in front seat of new reoffending drive - fucking hell, it's worse than we thought!.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-2234252762372077072014-12-20T18:31:21.722+00:002014-12-20T18:31:21.722+00:00Well said Papa. Well said Papa. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-75684113001773619102014-12-20T18:24:50.040+00:002014-12-20T18:24:50.040+00:00Speak up about what? Normal procedures to ensure t...Speak up about what? Normal procedures to ensure that you've got the right number of staff in the right place? There's nothing to speak up about, the Prison Service is a national organisation and needs to move people around to where they are needed most. Hardly earth shattering news, is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-34162611085355417802014-12-20T18:01:27.242+00:002014-12-20T18:01:27.242+00:00If this happening before and you were aware of it ...If this happening before and you were aware of it why did you not speak up?<br />Are you not bound by personal duty and responsibility to the people that you are providing a service to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-89996577158863390402014-12-20T17:55:42.653+00:002014-12-20T17:55:42.653+00:00I work in a prison and when on the wings I see cha...I work in a prison and when on the wings I see chaos, prisoners bells ringing constantly , staff rushing around trying to cope. There are fights every day and several staff have been assaulted. When I go into the administration block where the governors work there is chaos there too but without the threat of assault. The most worrying thing now is the lack of face-to-face communication between governors and uniformed staff, the human touch has gone orders are barked electronically via e-mail. Increasingly we live in an us and them world where management has split off from the other workers. Management has internalised the lies and the sophistry used to oppress all below them. This is true in the prison service as well as probation, indeed it is true of most big corporations;again I'm thinking of Apple,Serco and the like. Fear and greed has turned bad people into monsters and good people into managers. The dominant mantra of "more for less and there is no alternative" drives the zombie managers uncritically forward.<br /><br /> At the Nuremberg trials the defence of: "we were only doing our job" was not accepted, they were condemned to death. If we go along with this madness can we now say "we were only doing our job in order to pay the mortgage" knowing that we are oppressing our clients and their communities?? Morality has always been central to Probation work, when that time comes I'm walking.<br /><br />papaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-50543180180183662142014-12-20T17:48:01.203+00:002014-12-20T17:48:01.203+00:00Having spent 25 years working in prisons, I have t...Having spent 25 years working in prisons, I have to say that Spurr is right. What Frances Crook claims is unprecedented has been happening for as long as I can remember. It may play quite nicely to her "crisis" narrative (and the prison system almost certainly is in crisis), but she absolutely has not uncovered anything new or particularly shocking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-91482378606059988772014-12-20T17:38:25.588+00:002014-12-20T17:38:25.588+00:00Come on surely we wouldn't do that now would w...Come on surely we wouldn't do that now would we - and give the names of the CEO's (who so far have said yes sir we will do it) who are supposed to be responsible for providing this service. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-3696538805356245902014-12-20T17:32:49.327+00:002014-12-20T17:32:49.327+00:00To me this would be a wet dream. In that I dreamt ...To me this would be a wet dream. In that I dreamt it would happen and then pissed myself with laughter. I honestly think we should surreptitiously get this phone number to as many of our clients and their peers as we possibly can. Get them to save it in their phones and them complain away. Would it be possible for them to sue NOMS for breach of contract as NOMS have clearly stated their intentions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-16082743242314565252014-12-20T17:23:15.894+00:002014-12-20T17:23:15.894+00:00Surely we wouldn't want offenders/clients ring...Surely we wouldn't want offenders/clients ringing Mr Spurr's up to complain about the quality of their supervision and not been able to secure accommodation on release with £46 pounds in their pocket and a fucking mentor that hasn't got a clue. <br /><br />We wouldn't want Mr Spurr being disturbed now would we.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-21156760983450687742014-12-20T17:19:00.385+00:002014-12-20T17:19:00.385+00:00cheeky :)cheeky :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-69832911501494771212014-12-20T17:18:38.334+00:002014-12-20T17:18:38.334+00:00He's not the Messiah.....He's not the Messiah.....Michael's dadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-6735117156929010022014-12-20T17:16:54.176+00:002014-12-20T17:16:54.176+00:00I was going to join NOMS but failed the IQ test wh...I was going to join NOMS but failed the IQ test when I turned up at the right building and on time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-72505523585237110272014-12-20T17:16:33.464+00:002014-12-20T17:16:33.464+00:00What number do you mean:
Michael Spurr
Chief Exec...What number do you mean:<br /><br />Michael Spurr<br />Chief Executive<br />National Offender Management Service<br />7th Floor<br />Clive House<br />70 Petty France<br />London SW1H 9EX<br />Telephone: 0300 047 5163<br />Email: ceonoms@noms.gsi.gov.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-6250306980864714912014-12-20T17:12:45.727+00:002014-12-20T17:12:45.727+00:00Personally I think NAPO have missed a trick if, on...Personally I think NAPO have missed a trick if, once ORA is enacted, they don't provided instructions for staff to actually pass NOMS phone numbers on to released prisoners rather than just signposting them to housing agencies etc. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-40939527959357544972014-12-20T17:05:43.006+00:002014-12-20T17:05:43.006+00:00Nice of Mr Spurrs to leave his phone number on the...Nice of Mr Spurrs to leave his phone number on the letter. I'll get it out to as many of my clients as I can. If we could all pass this on and ask them to phone up on release and transport, accomodation and grants will be with them before midday. Oh, and to ask for 'Chris' as he's the one in charge :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com