We are pleased to promote the Bill McWilliams Lecture which will be delivered by Helen Schofield, CEO of the Probation Institute, 27th June at @camcriminology buff.ly/3JgvgH9 #probation probation-institute.org/news/26th-annu…

Issue 31 of the Probation Quarterly is now freely available. Articles include: The Probation Professional Register, A conversation on values & principles in probation & much more. This edition includes a themed section on ‘Probation in Wales’. buff.ly/3vtrO8N #probation

New in PQ31, Rob Jones explores the latest disaggregated data on punishment in Wales. buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

Probation officers are genuinely worried that they can't keep the public safe because they are having to rush the release of violent offenders.

What is the Tories' plan to support probation?

In PQ31, Baroness Hamwee from Lords Committee on Justice and Home Affairs, discusses the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee recently published report ‘Cutting crime: better community sentences’. buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

Just released in PQ31, Members of the Probation Development Group at the Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice reflect on the impact of policy and organisational changes on staff in probation. buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

In the latest Probation Quarterly magazine, Anne Burrell shares early findings from a small-scale research project on the politics of professional identity. buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

In PQ31, Peter Raynor and John Deering from the Probation Development Group (PDG) of the Wales Centre for Crime and Social Justice, briefly review the current state of effective practice Swansea University Criminology at USW buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

In the latest Probation Quarterly, David Coley discusses social class in probation practice. buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

A reminder that the Trainees' Event, 'Working with Women', is open to PQIP students and wider students in the justice field who are members of the Probation Institute. Register now for Tuesday 26th March at 12.30pm on Teams buff.ly/46XXdgn #probation

.. the inquest heard how efforts to undo the failed privatisation of parts of the probation service had left staff overstretched... this “failed initiative” was absorbing a “considerable amount of management time”, the coroner said.

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Just released in PQ31, Martina Feilzer shares a summary of work compiled by members of the PDG’s working group on Governance and Partnerships. buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

Free to download - PQ31 published today, articles include: What we know about probation and punishment in Wales; The new professional register in probation; The House of Lords report on community sentences and much more. buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

Good to see the lawyers taking a stand about the Garrick Club. The Justice System must not be compromised by participation in this obvious discrimination.

In PQ31, Andrew Bridges gives a personal viewpoint on 'what the independence of IAPs should look like.' buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

In the latest Probation Quarterly, Ella Rabaiotti reflects on the needs of people on probation through an inclusion health approach. buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

A blog to celebrate 10 years of the Probation Institute from Chief Executive Helen Schofield and Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe, Chair of the Probation Institute. buff.ly/3Tjznqk #probation

Just released in PQ31, Charlotte Oliver, Andrew Fowler and Tom Brown from Sheffield Hallam University discuss how Probation in Objects aims to amplify probation culture and occupational identity. buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

New in PQ31, Ella Rabaiotti and Martina Feilzer share how academics and practitioners are coming together to inform probation policy and practice change in Wales. buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

In the latest Probation Quarterly, Sonia Flynn and Simone Hugo-Lake from HMPPS present how professional registration will become a reality in the years ahead. buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation