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So, two executives  at G4S have fallen on their respective swords over the Olympic Security scandal, but somewhat amazingly the Chief Execut...

I have to say that I share the somewhat ironic observation that the new minister with responsibility for probation is already "calling ...

I've been a bit remiss of late and admit to not having followed diligently the second series of 'The Lock Up'  on BBC1. The main...

So, according to David Skelton of Policy Exchange and writing  in today's Guardian, 'public sector good, private sector bad' is ...

I suppose it goes without saying that all politicians are liars, the trick being either not getting found out or failing that, being able to...

Why people do things, especially extremely nasty and distressing things, lies at the absolute core of what probation is all about. I think m...

A glance at the stats shows that another blog has flagged up a post I wrote last week about payment by results entitled Smoke and Mirrors. A...

No doubt this morning all of us, and especially those of us involved with the criminal justice system in this country, will be coming to ter...

'Nothing works' used to be a saying in probation, but our academic colleagues eventually brought us the 'What Works' agenda....

I notice that the Prison Reform Trust recently published a report  'Out for Good' that essentially makes the very sensible case  for...