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Probation is when you serve a court sentence in the community, and can include unpaid work or being supervised after coming out of prison
Probation means you’re serving your sentence but you’re not in prison. You…
When you’re on probation you may have meetings with your offender manager.…
You could go back to court if you break any rules of your probation. For…
You can be taken straight back to prison if you have been released on…
If you have been taken back to prison and think you should be released on…
The Probation Service is a statutory criminal justice service that supervises offenders serving community sentences or released into the community from prison. Probation Service is part of HM Prison and Probation Service .
Information on staffing numbers of directly employed staff of HM Prison and Probation Service and formerly the National Offender Management Service.
Rules and guidance for probation qualified staff around professional registration, probation professional standards and loss of authority to practice.
The 12 month update from HMPPS for the Inspection on The Role of The Senior Probation Officer & Management Oversight in the Probation Service.
Engage with our reform programme, get involved and stay updated on progress.
Find information on probation, contact centres in England and Wales, including opening times and contact details as well as local services offered.
Probation staff will focus more of their time on prolific offenders and monitoring the most dangerous people
Headcount figures for those starting roles as Trainee Probation Officers
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, made a speech outlining her vision for the future of the probation service.
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