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The Parliamentary Justice Affairs Select Committee decided some time ago to look into the future role of the Probation Service and the closi...

I don't normally listen to Sunday on Radio 4 but I was alerted to it by a friend. I'm very glad I caught up with the piece on women ...

At some point in every probation officer's career they will be faced with a serious ethical, moral or professional dilemma. I think I...

I joined NAPO as soon as I got my copy of Jarvis, the PO's handbook, complete with a personal letter of welcome from the Chief tucked in...

I think I've just passed a milestone - the first month of blogging, so possibly a moment to reflect might be appropriate. As I write thi...

On one level clearly it does, not least because it's kept me in employment for a good few years. Taken as a whole, there is no doubt tha...

So one of Ken Clarke's big ideas, as outlined in his conference speech yesterday, is for prisoners to be made to work a 40 hour week for...

I was introduced to the notion of blogging as a result of two brilliant and well-established blogs by a Magistrate and a Police Inspector. B...

The next few weeks are going to be quite significant for the Criminal Justice System for all sorts of reasons. No doubt Ken Clarke, the new ...

It was a routine PSR appointment booked for 3.30pm. I had it all planned - I've been doing this for years and have a well-established ro...