PRT comment: PAC report on the Probation Service | Prison Reform Trust A long‑overdue shift towards effective community sentencing will only succeed if probation is equipped to deliver it.

Prison Reform Trust respond to a new #probation service #report, highlighting chronic #staff shortages, a loss of experienced #practitioners and rising #caseloads.

Court system asks Legislature for a fifth Palmer Superior Court judge, citing heavy caseloads Court counsel told the House Judiciary Committee that House Bill 262 would add one Superior Court judge to the 3rd Judicial District (Palmer) — increasing statewide judges from 45 to 46 — citing Palmer’s per‑judge caseload of 683 in FY25 versus a statewide average of 458 and a 56% rise in filings since 2006.

Palmer's Superior Court is overwhelmed, with judges handling nearly 50% more cases than the state average—will House Bill 262 bring the relief they desperately need?

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