Whilst welcome, all #Probationreviews tend to say this...

"The #ProbationService should target its resources on the highest risk #offenders & those with complex needs...while expanding the use of the #ThirdSector to support those on low & medium #sentences."

Sentencing Review recommends investment in probation and the Third Sector - Russell Webster
https://www.russellwebster.com/will-probation-get-the-investment-it-needs/

#criminaljustice
#criminaljusticesystem
#lawandorder
#communitysentences
#communityrehabilitation

Sentencing Review recommends investment in probation and the Third Sector

The Sentencing Review says a fully-funded and -functioning probation service is essential to implement its recommendations.

Russell Webster

'If you think #jails are too soft and full of hardened #criminals, read this and think again

Plans for more #CommunitySentences in #England and #Wales are wise, those who oppose them foolish. The reality of #prison life is truly awful'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/01/jails-too-soft-hardened-criminals-community-sentences

If you think jails are too soft and full of hardened criminals, read this and think again

Plans for more community sentences in England and Wales are wise, those who oppose them foolish. The reality of prison life is truly awful, says author and former prison officer Alex South

The Guardian