He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 74 days credit for time served, 30 months
probation, and ordered to undergo alcohol treatment.
Director 1Alan Plumb said: "From my experience of working with
probation services and community rehabilitation companies over a number of years, it is quite unprecedented to put this number of staff through their VQ3 in such a short space of time.
Hard-working
probation staff were denied a 1% pay rise in 2014.
While on
probation, a probationer must report at least once a month to the
probation officer, must not commit any other offense and must not transfer residence without due notice to the
probation officer.
The program focuses on high-risk people convicted of domestic violence and sex offenses and serving
probation terms.
The statistics were for offenders who had served prison sentences of fewer than 12 months and these are not currently supervised by the
Probation service.
Another source claims that
probation is gunning for him, as they are embarrassed by what he has done for the past 2 years and have had bit by now.
Firstly, there is a very welcome comparative perspective on
probation demonstrated by Canton's appreciation of the resonance of
probation values, pioneered in England and Wales, in other countries.
Only high risk offenders will be monitored by the
probation service.
They have called on the Ministry of Justice to commission an external review of the National Offender Management Service (Noms), recommending that
probation trusts should be given greater independence, with limited resources to be re-focused on the front line.
The concept of
probation is deeply rooted in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
A joint watchdog report found many
probation staff "did not appear to have the time" to work with sex offenders effectively.
