tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post6639122306651751133..comments2024-03-28T12:02:49.472+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: A Fine Mess and No MistakeJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-36302182181887785962011-11-01T09:02:06.964+00:002011-11-01T09:02:06.964+00:00Indeed!Indeed!Jim Brownhttp://www.probationmatters.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-81296050496609171072011-10-31T21:08:35.898+00:002011-10-31T21:08:35.898+00:00Yes - sounds like grounds for a complaint if corre...Yes - sounds like grounds for a complaint if correct, especially as the current guidance on home probation officer parole reports clearly says that the report should be informed by an interview (face-to-face in the jail OR by the dreaded videolink) and only by a face-to-face if release is being proposed. If your son's been in three years plus and the reports are based on five year old material is the author also using information from a previous sentence?<br />And as for Mr Clarkes two strikes proposal to replace IPPs - didn't we have this in the Nineties until they were replaced by - wait for it - IPPs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-49302742595009931332011-10-31T20:28:34.606+00:002011-10-31T20:28:34.606+00:00It would not be a good idea to discuss specific ca...It would not be a good idea to discuss specific cases in any detail, but certainly writing a report never having met someone - just reciting old material for a Parole Hearing - is not professional in my view and virtually worthless. There may well be grounds for a complaint, or at least explanation and possible change of officer.<br />Thanks for commenting.<br /><br />JimJim Brownhttp://www.probationmatters.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-36956224925093826022011-10-31T18:19:10.752+00:002011-10-31T18:19:10.752+00:00You state that you will leave readers to form thei...You state that you will leave readers to form their own opinion of the comments by Mr Peytor on the Parole Board and Probation Service. I for one would entirely agree with his comments given that my son has now been in prison for more than three years with a minimum term of 8 months. This is largely due to his current probation officer - who he has never met - writing reports for the Parole Board based on those written by his predecessor around five years ago and before my son had attended any programmes. The words lazy and incompetent come to mind. But who cares, what's another 18 months till his next Parole Hearing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com