Standards of Probation Services

Standards of Probation Services
Author: Welfare Council of New York City. Committee to Explore Methods of Improving Probation Services
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 1950
Genre: Probation
ISBN:

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Strengthening Probation Services

Strengthening Probation Services
Author: New Jersey Law Enforcement Council
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1956
Genre: Probation
ISBN:

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Breaking the cycle

Breaking the cycle
Author: Great Britain: Ministry of Justice
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2011-06-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780101807029

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Impact Assessment

Impact Assessment
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Total Pages:
Release: 2018
Genre:
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The role of the Probation Service

The role of the Probation Service
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Justice Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2011-07-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780215561015

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The Government's proposals for opening up probation services to competition need further thought, MPs on the Justice Committee have warned in a new report released today. The committee believes that the Government's proposals for payment by results and wider competition in the provision of rehabilitative services are limited because they separate the commissioning of prison places from the commissioning of every other form of sentence provision. They also criticised the very large and incoherent areas used for the tendering of community payback contracts, which they say should not be a model for future commissioning. The report also recommends that probation trusts are given greater freedoms - for example, over the buildings and IT systems they use - and calls on them to focus scarce resources on the frontline. MPs were concerned that frontline probation staff spend three-quarters of their time doing administrative tasks rather than meeting directly with offenders. The committee concluded that the creation of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), which effectively merged prison and probation services, has not led to an appreciable improvement in the 'joined-up' treatment of offenders; its handling of the community payback tendering exercise has not inspired confidence; and it has not proved itself proficient at running effective national contracts. The MPs are calling on the Government to commission an externally-led review of NOMS. The committee calls for leadership and courage from politicians and sentencers in supporting community sentences and recommends that the Government clarifies to the public what it means by more robust community sentences, and the outcomes they are designed to achieve. For Volume 2, Oral and Written Evidence, (see ISBN 9780215561022).

Library Services and Incarceration

Library Services and Incarceration
Author: Jeanie Austin
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2021-11-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838937403

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As part of our mission to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all library patrons, our profession needs to come to terms with the consequences of mass incarceration, which have saturated the everyday lives of people in the United States and heavily impacts Black, Indigenous, and people of color; LGBTQ people; and people who are in poverty. Jeanie Austin, a librarian with San Francisco Public Library's Jail and Reentry Services program, helms this important contribution to the discourse, providing tools applicable in a variety of settings. This text covers practical information about services in public and academic libraries, and libraries in juvenile detention centers, jails, and prisons, while contextualizing these services for LIS classrooms and interdisciplinary scholars. It powerfully advocates for rethinking the intersections between librarianship and carceral systems, pointing the way towards different possibilities. This clear-eyed text begins with an overview of the convergence of library and information science and carceral systems within the United States, summarizing histories of information access and control such as book banning, and the ongoing work of incarcerated people and community members to gain more access to materials; examines the range of carceral institutions and their forms, including juvenile detention, jails, immigration detention centers, adult prisons, and forms of electronic monitoring; draws from research into the information practices of incarcerated people as well as individual accounts to examine the importance of information access while incarcerated; shares valuable case studies of various library systems that are currently providing both direct and indirect services, including programming, book clubs, library spaces, roving book carts, and remote reference; provides guidance on collection development tools and processes; discusses methods for providing reentry support through library materials and programming, from customized signage and displays to raising public awareness of the realities of policing and incarceration; gives advice on supporting community groups and providing outreach to transitional housing; includes tips for building organizational support and getting started, with advice on approaching library management, creating procedures for challenges, ensuring patron privacy, and how to approach partners who are involved with overseeing the functioning of the carceral facility; and concludes with a set of next steps, recommended reading, and points of reflection.