Probation service launches new recruitment drive to secure next generation of officers

The Government is recruiting an additional 1,300 trainee Probation Officers across 2026/27, on top of the 2,300 already pledged to be brought in since 2024. ...

 

Beyond Time Served: The Impact of Short Sentences on Women

by Gemma Waller...

 

What I’ve learned in my first year embedding For Baby’s Sake across the North East of England

by Brooke Fenwick...

 

AI court errors would be ‘too much for society to comprehend’

That's the view of Justice Secretary David Lammy, who said there are teams within Government working to make sure the effects of so-called AI hallucinations “are not overly significant”....

 

Courts to get ‘AI legal assistants’ to tackle rising case backlog

Virtual legal assistants powered by artificial intelligence will be rolled out to Crown Courts across the country in an effort to tackle the rising backlog of cases, the Government has announced....

 

Prisoner supervision improvements 'not achieved' three years after recommendations made

A Follow-Up Review by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland has found that none of the four recommendations made and accepted to improve approved premises services had been fully achieved three years after they were made....

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