tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post6924822660866248461..comments2024-03-29T06:40:58.606+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: News Roundup 12Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-4403762673571409922017-07-29T14:10:20.616+01:002017-07-29T14:10:20.616+01:00Well done to Unison for bringing this action to th...Well done to Unison for bringing this action to the High Courts and ending the deeply unfair practice of payment to take a case to an Employment Tribunal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-25892049143855773172017-07-28T17:39:05.476+01:002017-07-28T17:39:05.476+01:00In view of paywall, can any kind reader supply the...In view of paywall, can any kind reader supply the Bob Neill article? thanks.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-79294970898171595252017-07-28T10:33:54.147+01:002017-07-28T10:33:54.147+01:00Bob Neil chair of the justice select committee wro...Bob Neil chair of the justice select committee wrote in the Times the other day that urgent work is need to be done on legal aid, prison and probation. He expressed concern that the select committee was not yet operational, and with only 2 weeks between Parliament reforming and the conference season beginning it was unlikely that the issues needing addressing were unlikely to get the urgent attention required. <br />It seems that the government are putting so much resources into suppressing information about the chaos in the criminal justice system, it hasn't the time to actually deal with the problems. <br />In today's Independent, there's a long article which claims Michael Gove was right, we need to stop sending people to prison that don't really pose a risk to society, and more community based sentences should be imposed, particularly for non violent offenders. <br />I agree with that approach. Prison is the cause, and not the solution to many of problems within the world of criminal justice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com