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Having had a chance to look at the re-offending statistics from the Ministry of Justice in some detail, there seem to be no great surprises...

Last Monday nights first episode of the Channel 4 fly-on-the-wall documentary 'Coppers' was pretty good in my view and certainly co...

When I decided to start blogging a few months ago, one of my aims was to try and get a bit of a debate going. As I have stated on previous o...

Louise Casey - now there's a name that can still strike fear into the heart of any self respecting liberal. The great survivor, self pub...

You can't be a probation officer for very long without coming across the issue of homelessness. Shelter, along with food and drink, is o...

I freely admit I stole today's headline from David Nutts new blogsite and a piece he's written on cannabis, having recently returne...

The committee looking into the role of the Probation Service is due to hear evidence tomorrow November 2nd at 10.30am from 5 organisations ...

First there were the re-runs of ' Boys from the Blackstuff' on BBC4 and now a new series called 'Life without Work' on BBC...

If ever there was a good example of why criminal justice policy should not be the subject of party politics, the mess we're now in with ...

Blogging is a strange business and one I'm only just beginning to understand. I notice that I'm not as angry as when I started, thus...