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Ella Rabaiotti @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Joined the 7th World Congress on #ProbationandParole to talk about the potential for greater use of Warm Hubs with people on probation in the community. Shame I didn’t actually get to Bali due to cancelled flights but thanks for letting me present remotely 🙂 #WCPP2026 #Probation #Wales #WarmHubs

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Probation Institute @probinst2.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 - 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗬! Issue 39 of Probation Quarterly explores some of the most pressing debates in probation today from a wide range of contributors, Download your copy of PQ39 now: www.probation-institute.org/probation-qu...

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Stimulating day at Swansea Uni. marking the retirement after 50 years of Professor Peter Raynor. @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social organised a probation symposium to mark the occasion with a keynote presentation by the Professor. Great content and good company! @vgeiran.bsky.social #probation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #cymru

A bad photo of the symposium and Professor Raynor presenting.

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Vivian Geiran @vgeiran.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

My article on #SocialWork & #Probation + value of strengthening SW role in criminal justice in Ireland, just published in Probation Journal ⬇️ I discuss / critique recent developments & offer recommendations for future actions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Prison Radio Association @prisonradiouk.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Another day, another train, another prison survey visit - this time at HMP Cardiff. We spoke with 53 people on their prison wings about the impact of #NationalPrisonRadio. Here is just one snippet: "It's another avenue for release, prison is stressful and it helps the world not get on top of you."

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European Journal Probation @europeanjprobation.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

New article: 'Probation clients’ satisfaction with their probation officer: Do perceptions of fairness and felt support matter?' Matthias van Hall shares research with formerly incarcerated clients of Dutch Probation Service. #Probation #SocialWork #Criminology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Probation clients’ satisfaction with their probation officer: Do perceptions of fairness and felt support matter? - Matthias van Hall, 2025

Probation officers serve as a bridge between incarceration and reintegration into society for individuals who have been incarcerated. The aim of this study is t...

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Probation Journal @probationjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Just published in Probation Journal: ‘Indifference, resistance, possibility: Probation staff perspectives on the introduction of Professional Registration’: A practitioner's response journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Very grateful to all those who attended today’s session. Two excellent #SocialScience talks: one on the educational trajectories of care-experienced children, and the other on the role of Warm Hubs in developing community connections in #Wales. #SocialSciences #Senedd #Cymru

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Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Today we’re at @senedd.cymru for a lunchtime event hosted by @cefincampbell.bsky.social to showcase two fantastic examples of #SocialScience research in action, courtesy of @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social and Emily Lowthian of Swansea University. #SocialSciences #Wales #Cymru

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Russell Webster @russellwebster.com · 29/04/2025

Hope & Probation @jakephillips.bsky.social & colleagues' new report on Using the lens of hope to reimagine probation practice. www.russellwebster.com/hope-probati...

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Hope & Probation

Jake Phillips & colleagues' new report on Using the lens of hope to reimagine probation practice.

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European Journal Probation @europeanjprobation.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Hello from the Editors at the European Journal of Probation! We are just getting started on BlueSky. We welcome submissions on a range of topics across: #probation and community justice, sentencing, #parole, resettlement, desistance, and much more. 🔗 to our website: journals.sagepub.com/home/EJP

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Probation Institute @probinst2.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Have you signed up for our Joint International Seminar with International Criminal Justice (IN-CJ) yet? The focus will be ‘Perspectives on Serious Offending’. Book your free place now.

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Second Joint International Seminar: Perspectives on Serious Offending — Probation Institute

Second Joint International Seminar from the Probation Institute and International Criminal Justice (IN-CJ).

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Probation Institute @probinst2.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

The Probation Institute publishes 'Position Papers' to share its viewpoints on significant issues, grounded in empirical evidence, solid research, and the expertise of professionals in probation and rehabilitation. Free to access now. #Probation #Research

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Probation Institute Position Papers

The Probation Institute publishes ‘Position Papers’ setting out its views on a number of topical issues.

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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 13/04/2025

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Criminals are going untagged for months after their release from prison in England and Wales amid “chaos” in the system used to track them, an investigation has revealed

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Revealed: ‘chaotic’ system leaves freed prisoners untagged for months

An undercover reporter finds staff are repeatedly sent to the wrong address by the monitoring service, which is struggling with a backlog, while criminals mock the justice system

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Wales is getting screwed over by the Treasury (again). A deliberate decision has robbed public sector bodies in Wales of money while protecting those in England. This is fiddly but really outrageous. You can either watch the video or read below... [Thread]

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Probation Institute @probinst2.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Have you downloaded PQ35 yet? A bumper edition featuring 18 articles including evidence-based strategies to revive probation, a framework to support change, insights into OMiC, experiences of people subject to life licences and so much more. #probation

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Probation Quarterly Issue 35

PQ35 recently released.

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

⛔ The Lord Chancellor’s decision to block the Sentencing Council’s guidance on pre-sentence reports is a deliberate step backwards. Blocking progress is not about fairness, it’s about maintaining a status quo that already fails too many. Read our statement ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/a-deliberate...

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Harry Annison @harryannison.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Our briefing, "Lessons for Public Management Reform from the insourcing of probation services in England and Wales" is now available! Well worth a look eprints.soton.ac.uk/499654/1/109... @probationres.bsky.social @nicolacarr.bsky.social @matthew-millings.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

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Rehabilitating Probation Project @probationres.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

🚨New Publication Alert🚨 We are happy to share news of the latest article from the ESRC-funded Rehabilitating Probation Project. Here, we explore probation staff expectations, in the months leading up to its formal implementation, of Professional Registration 1/3 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Indifference, resistance, possibility: Probation staff perspectives on the introduction of professional registration - Matthew Millings, Lol Burke, Harry Annison, Nicola Carr, Gwen Robinson, Eleanor S...

Rehabilitating Probation is a three-year research project (2022–2025), exploring the most recent iteration of probation reform in England and Wales. This articl...

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Where will the cuts to sickness & disability benefits hit hardest? New @jrf-uk.bsky.social constituency analysis shows the % of working age people receiving these benefits in England & Wales. Some MP inboxes are likely to be brimming, as concern about these plans is widespread

Map showing proportion of working age population in receipt of health related social security, coloured by quintile of constituency. In some coastal areas, south Wales, the North West and Yorkshire and North East, rates are between 15-20%

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HMI Prisons @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Our report ‘Easier said than done: resolving prisoner requests’, published today, reveals how hard it is for prisoners to get basic things done in jail. Read the report: hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmipris_repo... And media release: hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/inabili...

Prisoners rely almost entirely on staff to manage their everyday requests, either through informal conversations or by submitting formal, written ‘applications’.

But staff shortages and inexperience can mean prisoners do not always get the help they need. This can lead to frustration and poor behaviour.

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Probation Institute @probinst2.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Our 'Working with Veterans' page is a dedicated learning resource featuring e-learning courses, relevant research and training resources for practitioners. #probation #veterans

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Working with Veterans

A dedicated learning resource page featuring e-learning courses, relevant research and training resources for practitioners.

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Probation Institute @probinst2.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Probation Institute proudly hosts the Griffins Society Research Archive. This contains the findings of research from over 30 years of research by criminal justice practitioners into the treatment of women & girls in criminal justice and is free to access.

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The Griffins Society Research Listings

Free access to Griffins Society Research

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robroballen.bsky.social @robroballen.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

If the Justice Secretary’s draft law aims to surgically remove the offending part of the Sentencing Council’s guideline, I hope she never operates on me. Thoughts on the Sentencing Council debacle. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/04/parl...

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Parliamentary Undersight: The Strange Case of the Sentencing Council

If the Justice Secretary’s draft law aims to surgically remove the offending part of the Sentencing Council’s guideline, I hope she never...

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Russell Webster @russellwebster.com · 01/04/2025

Probation pilot provides support for victims of stalking Process evaluation of the pilot Victim Notification Scheme for victims of stalking, harassment & coercive behaviour www.russellwebster.com/probation-pi...

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Probation pilot provides support for victims of stalking

Process evaluation of the pilot Victim Notification Scheme for victims of stalking, harassment & coercive behaviour.

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Ella Rabaiotti @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

‘Victims attend parole hearings to see offenders held to account’: ‘Victims can attend the parole hearings of their perpetrators from today (1 April) as part of the Government's Plan for Change’ www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Victims attend parole hearings to see offenders held to account

Victims can attend the parole hearings of their perpetrators from today (1 April) as part of the Government's Plan for Change.

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Ella Rabaiotti @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

A thematic inspection: What helps women cope in prison? The HMPPS action plan in response to HMIP inspection on what helps women cope in prison. www.gov.uk/government/p...

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A thematic inspection: What helps women cope in prison?

The HMPPS action plan in response to HMIP inspection on what helps women cope in prison.

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Gavin Hales @gmhales.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

New research finds "permanent exclusion is associated with approximately a doubling of the risk of having a conviction or caution for both serious violence and for homicide or near-miss homicide in the 12-month period following the exclusion"

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Ella Rabaiotti @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

“She raised concerns about the practice of recall for the smallest misdemeanours such as being unavoidably a few minutes late for a probation appointment.” I know recall rates are high, but I can’t imagine probation officers recalling for being a few minutes late 🤔

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Probation Institute @probinst2.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Andrew Watson charts the use of volunteers in probation and how this practice declined over the past two decades. He provides a succinct but powerful argument for their reintroduction, highlighting various benefits, including the value of the lived experience when working with people on probation.

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An Idea Whose Time Has Come? Reintroducing Volunteers Into Probation in England and Wales — PQ35

By Andrew Watson.

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Shona Minson @shonaminson.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Exciting to see our paper on international women's problem solving courts in the Prison Service Journal. Co-authored this with @rutharmstrong.bsky.social and two @oxfordcrim.bsky.social graduate researchers @arkluge.bsky.social and @iuliavatau.bsky.social👏 www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-servi...

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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

"The entire apparatus is executed with maximum emphasis on punishment and a superficial mention of rehabilitation...It is absolutely no wonder that reoffending rates are so high when those leaving prison are in a worse way than when they came in." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘The prison system is insanely broken’: a climate activist on his experience in jail

George Simonson says you learn about society by seeing how it treats its prisoners – and jail has strengthened his belief that change is crucial

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Probation Institute @probinst2.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

David Jackson and Jed Stone focus on the use of AI in probation and advocate for investigations to understand the opportunity, address issues and innovate for the good of all.

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Is AI Putting Remote Probation Supervision at Risk Before It Even Starts? — PQ35

By David Jackson and Jed Stone.

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Jack Cunliffe @jackdc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Absolutely the grimmest of things to read, for anyone who cares about probation, or the UK in general. cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site...

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Ella Rabaiotti @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The Probation Service “has too few staff, with too little experience and training, managing too many cases” HM Inspectorate of Probation has published its 2024 Annual Report of Probation Services in England and Wales. hmiprobation.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/the-pro...

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The Probation Service “has too few staff, with too little experience and training, managing too many cases” – HM Inspectorate of Probation

Inspecting probation and  youth justice services.

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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 18/03/2025

THE STANDARD: Probation Service faces damning report as staff shortages jeopardise public safety and rehabilitation efforts. Will government pledges of new recruits and tech be enough to turn the tide? - by Anahita Hossein-Pour

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Probation Service work to keep people safe ‘consistently insufficient’ – report

HM Inspectorate of Probation for England and Wales found staff shortages were impacting the quality of work to help offenders and protect victims.

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Ella Rabaiotti @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Jim quotes a great paper by my colleague Professor Peter Raynor on evidence based ways to improve the probation service

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Probation Institute @probinst2.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

In PQ35, Helen Schofield discusses the progress made with the development of the Probation Professional Register, highlighting the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. #probation

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Probation Professional Register: A Serious Challenge — Probation Institute

By Helen Schofield.

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Russell Webster @russellwebster.com · 16/03/2025

Alarm over early re-release of recalled prisoners as jail overcrowding at crisis point again Whistleblower says over 1,000 inmates considered for the scheme which bypasses Parole Board www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Alarm over early re-release of recalled prisoners as jail overcrowding crisis deepens

Whistleblower says over 1,000 inmates in England and Wales considered for the scheme which bypasses Parole Board

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