On Probation Blog

Following quite a bit of soul and heart-searching I thought I'd share my thoughts regarding both the future of probation in England and ...

As   I continue to ponder on my own despair regarding current criminal justice policy, I see InsideTime are in despair at latest decisions ...

As I continue pondering what to do about this blog and take enormous heart from the many recent reader contributions, it's situation nor...

To whoever now performs the functions once known as probation, We are writing from what you would probably describe as an earlier model - ba...

Jim, I can understand the weariness in that conclusion. After years of writing, arguing, documenting and warning, there must be a temptation...

I was reminded of the following from a previous read, more relevant now than ever: “Similarly, if probation is unable to develop a clear and...

Free Thinking :  Crime and punishment medieval to modern   Now here's a question. How can you have an hour long BBC Radio 4 radio discus...

Thanks go to the long term friend and supporter of this blog for pointing us in the direction of the recently published paper   A Modern You...

James, Your sudden concern about the impact on our families is difficult to take seriously. For years, staff have been overworked, underpaid...

We need to be real about the future of probation. You couldn’t make it up really. A new Sentencing Act, £700 million invested in AI and IT, ...