Clash of Cultures #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/10/clas...

Clash of Cultures #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/10/clas...

Decision Must be Reversed #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/10/deci...

"The fact the blog is still going, that contributions keep flowing & that there are impassioned posts means that the Probation ethos of "everyone has the capacity for change" will not rest, that making the effort to advise, assist & befriend is not a lost art."

13 Million #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/09/13-m...

A Reminder #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-re...

Dear Mr Jones #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/09/dear...

A Good Question #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-go...

"Reading the Rademaker report alongside recent HMIP findings is sobering. If probation cannot get a grip on racism, bullying, and harassment, and continues to be rated universally inadequate (while probation senior managers and leaders remain silent)..." 1/5

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"The PI was regarded with great suspicion at its inception. Now might be a good time for probation staff to reconsider that."

Can we take a minute to recognise Angela Rayner has taken accountability by owning up to her mistake, correcting it, referring herself to ministerial standards & now resigning. Not one single Tory MP did this & was always backed by the prime minister especially Boris Johnson. #UkPolitics

"The Probation Service has more than a century of working with people with criminal convictions to enable them to reform, and to reintegrate into their communities." 1/3

"Any probation practitioner will be acutely aware that many of the people they are supervising have been victims of crime themselves, with consequences of trauma and diminution in opportunities to achieve, notably in education and work." 1/2

'Punitive, stigmatising and discriminatory' #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/09/puni...

I share your despair. It is almost as though there is a determination to prove all the evidence about effectiveness wrong with recent policy announcements.

I Despair #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/09/i-de...

A Scandal #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-sc...

A Technological Fix? #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-te...

"I once saw a District Judge quietly pass a bank note on to a homeless man who appeared before him in custody. This was in a court that prided itself on humiliating Defendants and staff alike through its abuse of position." 1/2

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Not Just Befriending! #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/07/not-...

New Recruits #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-...

HMPPS Fit For Purpose? #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/07/hmpp...

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Timpson Backtracks #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/07/timp...

"The probation role as-was, the probation task as-was & the probation identity as-was have been negated by politically motivated ideologues & eradicated by Whitehall's finest." 1/4

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The Forgotten Service #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...

"The best way to reduce civil servants by 10,000 is to remove probation from the civil service and placing under local control, SLOP anyone?" #probation

A Life in the Day Of - the video #probation probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-li...

A Life in the Day Of #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-li...

"Saw a quote with regards NHS England recently "kiss up, kick down". Ring any bells with anyone?"

Editor's Nightmare #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/03/edit...

Reviving Probation #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/03/revi...

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100% this. I am often staggered by the amount of useless information recorded on ND. Often an arse-covering device rather than a means to record useful, important information to manage the case.

"A big problem with these databases (wherever you go) where professionals input information is that important information gets buried in the contact / case notes. These databases are there so bean counters can run stats for managers. They are not there for professionals." 1/4

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

"This statement from Shabana Mahmood is an announcement that Labour are reneging on their manifesto commitment to review the governance of Probation." 1/3

"I don’t think I want AI on my laptop transcribing every word of every conversation I’m having with somebody on probation. Will probation colleagues be sitting next to me in the office transcribing every word that’s said too? That is ‘big brother’ gone mad!"

"So ‘our future probation’ will focus on removing 25% of our current work to allow capacity for the 25% increase in demand due to the diversion from custody. No money to recruit so only option to remove some of our current remit." 1/3

"There's SO much of this I want to pull apart but right now can't." 1/3

“The Probation Service must focus more time with offenders who are a danger to the public, and the prolific offenders whose repeat offending make life a misery for so many.” Did she copy and paste that from a 2014 manual for the NPS? Deck chairs!"