@jakephillips.bsky.social excellent piece, walking to Hope. A path worth taking.

That wee photinia I bought in a pot and ignored, has forgiven me with a bit of a fireworks display to boot

Criminal Justice Quiz Easter 2025 Russell Webster's traditional Bank Holiday criminal justice quiz, Easter 2025 edition.

I scored 6/10 on the Easter 2025 quiz. Can you beat me? (Tip...its even worse than you thought) www.russellwebster.com/criminal-jus...

"the need here is not to convince the Daily Mail that Community Sentences are “punishing” & “tough”. It is to satisfy yourselves that Community Sentences are convincing to sentencers (...) that they are effective (...) in moving them towards a law-abiding life. " www.napo.org.uk/response-ind...

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Quick wiki "Fargeat is a founder signatory of Collectif 50/50, a group with the aim of gender equality in the film industry" Plus de Chapeaux!

Chapeaux, obvs.

Bafta Film Awards 2025 live updates: Bafta Film Awards ceremony under way after stars take to red carpet David Tennant is hosting the ceremony, which is the biggest night in British cinema at London's Royal Festival Hall.

"Director Coralie Fargeat opted for warmth in what looks like a very cosy coat" Chapeax! Love her already, better go watch her films www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

Bafta Film Awards 2025 live updates: Bafta Film Awards ceremony under way after stars take to red carpet David Tennant is hosting the ceremony, which is the biggest night in British cinema at London's Royal Festival Hall.

"Director Coralie Fargeat opted for warmth in what looks like a very cosy coat" Chapeax! Love her already, better go watch her films www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

I'm SO sorry to read this. Thank you for it all, and in particular your attention and commitment to justice and #probation

Bad backs: that's muscoskelatar injury, is so common its normalised. As described to me by prison leavers often: banged up for 23/24 hours, lying on a dodgy bed. Equates to me as mental and health injuries, the boredom discomfort and neglect. So many of them limping

New Year - Old Story #probation
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'Burned-out' probation officers fear ex-prisoners will reoffend Probation officers say they were overworked even before thousands of prisoners were released early.

Probation: 'Too few staff, with too little experience, managing too many offenders'

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Ros Atkins on...24 hours on Elon Musk's X timeline The BBC's Analysis editor, Ros Atkins, investigates Elon Musk's recent posts on X about grooming gangs - and looks at how one day unfolded on his timeline.

Elon Musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gangs scandal. We looked at 24 hours on Musk's X timeline and found a range of false and misleading information being amplified. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

'It's a smash and grab raid on the constitution': The last of the hereditary peers Sir Keir Starmer says the right to sit in the Lords by birth is "indefensible" and his government has started the process to end it.

Lord Strathclyde "believes this latest intervention by the government is a purely political move." Indeedy. That's democracy 😀 news.sky.com/story/its-a-...

Overheard

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#bbc reporter saying with portenteous gravity that rape "doesn't just occur in nightclubs and parks"..as if, if confined to those places, that'd be OK.

Framed! Lovely frame made at The Gathering, a joyful place for friends challenges by disability or mental health. #Abergavenny #Christmas #community

Wonderful festive tipsy eat-out with #probation comrades, ending with mutual portrait sketching on the paper table cloth. Mine of young L, who gives me hope for our profession

I recall that pin-up boy of the dodgy far left, Ken Clarke, succinctly arguing that the whole point about Human Rights, is to defend the rights of people you might not like. Exactly.

@martinrowson.bsky.social I hope you are on the mend maestro but in the meantime one for the #DrawGreggWallace

@martinrowson.bsky.social #DrawGreggWallace sketch turned sour as I drew #womenofacertainage

Channel 4 despatches: the benefits scandal. The trick to get people back to work would be to make work well rewarded and also not a miserable experience in itself.

Reports published this week by Wales Centre for Public Policy on devolving probation in Wales

Part 1 provides an overview of options for devolution, Part 2 considers European Probation case studies

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Sentencing Review 8
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"The notion that embedding probation staff in prisons would serve to change prison culture was touted as a selling point for OMIC. Ridiculous as is the idea that anything remaining of the probation professional culture will survive One HMPPS."

"The whole point of probation was that it was a profession of skilled small cogs. Management's task was to be the Big Cog enabling the small ones."

Ward walkabout this afternoon: me, Mike from Gwent police, and Ant from Social Housing Association. Amazing what we can sort between us. Thanks to everyone who spoke with us.