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Assess and manage the risks posed by sexual and violent offenders: guidance for the police, prison service and probation trusts.
This circular advises on relevant procedures when courts decide that an adult defendant should be tagged while on bail.
We make sure people serve the sentences and orders handed out by courts, both in prisons and in the community.
Letter from Prisons Minister Andrew Selous to Robert Neill MP, Chairman of the Justice Select Committee regarding smoking in prisons.
Safety in custody statistics cover deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.
Find out how the NOMS graduate programme is structured, the career paths it opens up and the qualities you'll need to secure your place.
Guidance on managing young people in secure training centres and young offender institutions, with restraint only used as a last resort.
This document contains the Practice Framework: National Standards for the Management of Offenders for England and Wales 2015.
A compendium of research and analysis on the Offender Assessment System (OASys); studies completed between 2009 and 2013
A summary of a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) examining ‘what works’ in interventions to reduce reoffending of young adult offenders.
Probation caseload, the number of offenders in custody and prison population projections.
An outcome evaluation of both the Integrated Domestic Abuse Programme (IDAP) and Community Domestic Violence Programme (CDVP).
Directory of services currently being commissioned by National Offender Management Service (NOMS) for prospective suppliers.
The UK’s first school for training highly-skilled probation officers to become lie detector examiners is underway.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This original research represents a significant milestone in our understanding of the role of an effective prison officer.
This report by the Extremism Taskforce sets out practical proposals to tackle extremism in the UK.
Latest prison population figures for 2017.
Two competitions to provide services in HMP Berwyn have been launched.
Latest prison population figures for 2014.
An exploratory study to add to the understanding of the psychological processes contributing to violence carried out by gang members.
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