“I went into probation because my dad was a probation officer,” Armitage tells Big Issue ... The ‘thing called poetry’ worked out – Armitage was named the UK’s poet laureate in 2019, is a fellow of ...

Prisons have changed considerably, but for the better, says the UK's longest-serving prison officer Steve Ley. The west ...

Picture: UK Parliament/ Parliament TV A MoJ spokesman ... It said the shortfall of probation officers in London, bigger than some other years, is in part due to increased staffing targets to ...

The number of probation officers in London will double to tackle the capital’s most high-risk offenders. The Ministry of Justice is recruiting extra staff after a survey found more than a third ...

He is Poet Laureate now but Yorkshire’s Simon Armitage was once a probation officer. And he has penned an ode to those working in the Probation Service, acknowledging their efforts to encourage ...

A new report from UK-based charity Statewatch says the UK is trying to develop a programme that will use police and ...

The UK’s longest-serving prison officer has reflected on a total transformation to the service as he prepares to retire after 50 years ...

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A former counter-terror police officer has won his tribunal claim of unfair dismissal, after a situation in which his probation period was extended. The tribunal ...

After 50 years of service, the UK’s longest-serving prison officer is preparing for retirement. Steve Ley - whose joined HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) in 1975 as a 21-year-old - has ...

The government says it could help it better understand the risk of people going on to commit violent crimes, but some ...

Steve Ley - whose joined HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS ... I didn’t fit into their view of the prison officer – I wasn’t 6ft tall, I’m 5ft 8in, my knuckles didn’t drag on ...