On Probation Blog

An attempt to help explain the mysteries and magic that are part and parcel of 'probation'.

Saturday, 31 October 2026

System That Still Works

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This made me reflect on the journey we've been on and why it's all gone so wrong:- Probation caseloads: 2002 191,400 2003 199,200 20...
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Friday, 30 October 2026

How's Tagging Going?

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Electronic monitoring in practice: The police response to electronically monitored bail conditions and the use of electronic monitoring on c...
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Thursday, 29 October 2026

Housing in Prison via Recall

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So am I reading this correctly? "Through the National Plan to End Homelessness , the Government has given a commitment to halving the p...
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Monday, 26 October 2026

Revisit

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Just recently this forum has moved at a cracking pace and on a number of fronts, but in the process I think much tends not to register, so o...
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Sunday, 25 October 2026

Moaning or Highlighting?

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The research Jim has highlighted about ‘complicated loyalty’ is particularly interesting, because I suspect it explains why so many experie...
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Saturday, 24 October 2026

A Cry For Help

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"By the way the Probation blog is now officially blocked on the HMPPS system." I'm only guessing, but maybe the reason might b...
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Friday, 23 October 2026

But What's the Job?

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23431 - Project Manager - The Project Delivery Function aim is to have capable and empowered teams, delivering Project Delivery excellence.....
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Thursday, 22 October 2026

Future is Local

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Sadly sometime ago Blogger felt it not worth the bother of being able to share videos from YouTube and as a consequence I've felt not on...
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Wednesday, 21 October 2026

AI Buzzword/ Buzz phrase Bingo

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Forget all that stuff about £700million and 1,300 new Probation Officers - the answer as we now know is AI and Justice Transcribe is boostin...
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Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Productivity is the Answer!

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We all know that whatever the question, the answer is " £700million and 1,300 extra staff"  but actually the real answer appears t...
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Jim Brown
A grumpy, disillusioned, CQSW trained, generic, main grade probation officer based in a small English town. All my contemporaries have either left, retired or been promoted. Newer colleagues simply don't understand the journey I've been on from advise, assist and befriend. (If there is anyone of similar name in the NAPO handbook, it's not me).
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