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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Burnham Doesn't Get It #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2026/08/burn...

Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I've been missing from this platform for some time. Lets see if I can have cause to feel hope with a new and hopefully more enlightened government that starts work tomorrow. probationmatters.blogspot.com/2026/07/dawn...

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Dawn of MoJ Enlightenment?

Tomorrow is a significant day for the UK as yet another Labour leader 'kisses hands' and is invited to form a new government by HM King Char...

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

"Blogs like this exist precisely because many people don’t feel safe or able to speak openly elsewhere. When challenge is sidelined or reframed as negativity, people retreat to the few spaces where honest discussion is possible." 1/2

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

"Probation is now reliant upon plaudits and platitudes to paper over the cracks, we’ve already had two serious office based assaults what exactly will it take before management really listen rather than spoon feed us weasel words?" #probation

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

"Probation cannot function when those doing the work are stretched, silenced, and sidelined. It cannot deliver safety or rehabilitation when leadership treats frontline expertise as optional noise." 1/2

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

"In our probation PDU and region they stage ‘listening events’, wheel out constant ‘all-staff calls’, and drown us in newsletters, but it’s performative and a facade. They only ever listen to themselves." #probation

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

"Under what power will we have the right to search someone. What if the person refuses. Enforce it? This sets a dangerous precedent. What exactly is this body worn camera being attached to? Clearly a vest. I can’t carry on. It’s unrecognisable." 1/2

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

👑 A slice of 20th century London design heritage is making an unexpected comeback: In a story first reported by @ianvisits.co.uk, the historic GLC coat of arms, used between 1965 and 1986, will soon become the emblem of the Greater London Authority (GLA), as the body celebrates its 25th birthday.

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

"The testimonies tell one story: probation is running on fumes and frontline staff are the fuel. Violence is rising, workloads are unmanageable, and inexperienced officers are being handed risks they can’t safely carry." 1/4

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

"Leadership has to start by listening to the people holding this service together. Give practitioners back their professional judgement, cap the workloads that are burning them out, and invest in the support, supervision and reflective practice—not just more kit." 1/3

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

"There’s so much to agree with here. I didn’t join probation to search people either. The £700 million could be used for much more than being wasted on tagging and IT contracts. I disagree about probation losing its rehabilitation ethos, we didn’t lose it, it was taken from us." #probation

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

"The real safety system in probation has always been people — experienced staff with the time and trust to use proper professional judgement. Strip that away and no amount of scanners, buzzers or barriers will save a service that’s been hollowed out." #probation

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

"I tell them it's basically a factory job with a human conveyor belt, transporting people from prison, to court, to the community then back to prison." 1/3

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

"The fact the blog is still going, that contributions keep flowing & that there are impassioned posts means that the Probation ethos of "everyone has the capacity for change" will not rest, that making the effort to advise, assist & befriend is not a lost art."

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

A Good Question #probation #prison probationmatters.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-go...

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

"Reading the Rademaker report alongside recent HMIP findings is sobering. If probation cannot get a grip on racism, bullying, and harassment, and continues to be rated universally inadequate (while probation senior managers and leaders remain silent)..." 1/5

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

"The PI was regarded with great suspicion at its inception. Now might be a good time for probation staff to reconsider that."

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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Can we take a minute to recognise Angela Rayner has taken accountability by owning up to her mistake, correcting it, referring herself to ministerial standards & now resigning. Not one single Tory MP did this & was always backed by the prime minister especially Boris Johnson. #UkPolitics

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

"The Probation Service has more than a century of working with people with criminal convictions to enable them to reform, and to reintegrate into their communities." 1/3

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Jim Brown @jimbrownblogger.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

"Any probation practitioner will be acutely aware that many of the people they are supervising have been victims of crime themselves, with consequences of trauma and diminution in opportunities to achieve, notably in education and work." 1/2

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