Jim Brown
@jimbrownblog
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Jim Brown is a grumpy probation officer in a small town and he writes a blog
England
Joined February 2013
"For probation to expand its scope in supervising individuals in the community, is perhaps fundamental to the success of rehabilitation-focused approaches. The future of probation lies in evidence-based reform, practitioner development, and adequate resourcing." 2/2
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"Probation centred on punishment and public safety will falter, whereas probation focused on rehabilitation and reintegration will thrive." 1/2
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Once again it's that time of year when people are moaning about trains being delayed due to leaves on the line. This is the contact patch of a metal train wheel on the metal track.
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"I would like to say a massive thank you to the lady in the photo ( sorry didn't see her name) who helped me today at Morrisons in Basingstoke. I have two children that are both registered blind and are also autistic. As you can imagine shopping is not an easy thing for me to do,
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Can we take a moment to admire the Estonian National Opera car park barriers
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"Does it enrich a handful of chums, allow politicians to feel pleased with themselves & meet the career needs of senior civil servants?" Well, when you put it like that - roaring success!" 2/2
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"Does prison work? S'pose it depends on what you define as 'works'. Does it act as a deterrent, reduce offending in the population & rehabilitate those convicted of offences? or...." 1/2
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Dire prison conditions are putting the reduction of rehabilitation and reoffending at risk. We have published a report which details our conclusions and recommendations to the Government: https://t.co/7T3blJ7KVy
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Thank you Tony Woodley for supporting Probation staff, who have been under increasingly intolerable pressure since the Tories' catastrophic privatisation experiment. We want to meet Ministers to explain why the Bill needs safeguards around workloads, unpaid work and tagging!
Debating the #SentencingBill this week, #JUPG co-chair Lord Tony Woodley raised @Napotheunion concerns around #probation capacity, unpaid work privatisation and operational control of tagging. The former @unitetheunion leader praised previous amendments by @LSRPlaid,
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Prisons being on ‘crisis mode’ is harming efforts to reduce reoffending, MPs warn. The government’s sole proposed remedy for problems within the prison system seems unchanged—‘build more prisons’:
independent.co.uk
A new Justice Committee report highlighted a number of factors undermining efforts to cut reoffending
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How do you reduce the prison population? Start with the care system and school exclusions.
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The long read: I knew he was running away from something. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered the truth
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Ministers commissioned a sentencing review and introduced the Sentencing Bill, knowing that change was needed to address the prisons crisis. But they risk making it even worse. Briefing: https://t.co/UnnO7rgxK9
https://t.co/UnnO7rgxK9
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"A dire state of affairs." Our Chief Executive, Andrea Coomber KC (Hon.), spoke to BBC Look North after police were called to investigate the second suspected murder in Wakefield prison in the last month.
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