What is MAPPA? First established in 2003, Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) are a set of statutory arrangements to assess and manage the risk posed by certain sexual and violent offenders. MAPPA bring together the Police, Probation and Prison Services into what is known as the MAPPA Responsible Authority for… Work with Offenders explains how our most serious offenders are managed in the community through a multi agency model ...
There has been a dramatic deterioration in standards across prisons since 2009/10 and criminal courts in the UK are under pressure, according to the Institute for Government and CIPFA. Their latest performance tracker of public sector funding and performance warned cuts in government spending over the last decade have led… Criminal courts and prisons are buckling due to spending cuts, according to leading Whitehall experts....
Many readers will be aware that the Ministry of Justice publishes its prison safety statistical bulletin with information about the number of people dying in our prisons (as well as the number of assaults and incidents of self-harm) every three months. The equivalent information on deaths of people who die… Work with Offenders explores the latest worrying statistics showing a jump in the number of people dying while under the supervision of the probation service....
The Prison Reform Trust called for an end to the legal uncertainty for 2,223 people serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences. Of those, 187 people are still in prison over a decade after their original tariff expired. It followed a review of support for the families of those involved… Campaigners have called for new legislation to end Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences ...
The human rights group Justice has claimed better training and a new tribunal system could reduce the number of young people being excluded from schools - of who a significant number end up in the criminal justice system. The group said the current processes used by schools did not reflect statutory… Schools should manage exclusions better to reduce the number of young people not in education, according to campaigners....
It’s not rocket science to suggest that anyone looking to turn their life around and move away from crime is likely to need a safe and secure base to do it from. Yet, wherever we look at the moment, it is clear that offender accommodation – always a problem area… Work with Offenders explores the chronic problem of offender accommodation ...
In an exclusive interview, Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russell told Working with Offenders that politicians pledging to toughen prison sentencing would need to put more money into the over-stretched teams working with youths who have yet to become hardened criminals. Mr Russell said: “If you’re going to make sentencing… In an interview with Work with Offenders the Chief Inspector of Probation has warned that teams working with young offenders need more resources to tackle issues like homelessness and county lines gangs....
Trends in criminal justice The prison population has remained relatively static over the last 12 months with the longer term trend showing fewer prisoners serving sentences of four years or less and a growth in those serving longer sentences. The population is also inflated by a big jump in the… The Ministry of Justice has published no fewer than seven bulletins including information on prison safety, offender management, prison performance and serious further offences. We’ve been digging through them on your behalf and here are some of the more concerning or interesting trends....
In their 2018-19 annual report published today, independent monitors at Bronzefield prison find that prisoners are treated fairly and with respect and that the quality of relationships between staff and the prisoners is high. The Board has particularly welcomed the introduction of the key worker scheme and the development of… Work with offenders examines today’s report from the Independent Monitoring Board into HMP/YOI Bronzefield...
Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw has called for charities to apply for four funding pots each worth £20,000 for projects that will help integrate offenders back into the community. The cash will come from a set-aside fund which has now shared out £500,000 for projects. It is aimed… Projects look to cut high re-offending rate in hot spot areas where each offender commits 25 crimes ...