NCJ Number
170253
Date Published
1996
Length
93 pages
Annotation
This report examines the work of prison probation departments, assesses their contribution to the operation of prisons and the throughcare of offenders, and makes recommendations.
Abstract
Specifically, this study assesses: (1) effectiveness of links between prison service and probation service senior managers; (2) content and implementation of Throughcare Business and Three Year Development Plans between Chief Probation Officers and Governors; (3) quality and effectiveness of the work of prison probation officers in the context of the National Framework for Throughcare; (4) contribution to sentence planning; (5) contribution made by seconded teams to victim issues and concerns, risk assessment and management of dangerous offenders; (6) services to offenders with special needs, to women offenders and to offenders from ethnic minorities; (7) views of other prison staff, prisoners and ex-prisoners; (8) effectiveness of prison probation departments in delivering services to prisoners and their families in partnership with local probation services and community organizations; and (9) arrangements for staffing and equipping departments and the physical conditions for probation officers working there. Notes, figures, appendixes, glossary