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Financial rescue package needed to end ‘chaos’ in probation service, union leader says
Ian Lawrence also said that the early release scheme will add to the 'huge burden of work' probation staff are already experiencing
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The cracks are growing in the UK’s privatised prison and probation service
Three years on from part-privatisation, staff and organisations working in the criminal justice sector are struggling to cope
Failing privatised probation services must be nationalised, say unions
Firms are being bailed out with public money amid a rise in serious offenses under privatisation.
Privatising probation puts public safety at risk
What the government is proposing goes against everything we know about cutting re-offending
Four regressive things the coalition has done to the criminal justice system
The Guardian reported this week that prison governors have been ordered to cut costs by £149m a year. Cuts aren't the only regressive thing the coalition are doing to the criminal justice system, however.
Would you hand supervision of offenders to companies with no experience of providing probation services?
The government's plans to sell-off the probation service will be pushed to a vote on today by Labour MPs.