Excessive probation workloads put public at risk in England and Wales, union warns

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In England and Wales, excessive workloads among probation officers are raising public safety concerns through unsupervised ex-offenders. The Napo union has expressed no confidence in probation service management and threatened industrial action.

Exclusive: Napo declares no confidence in probation service managers and threatens industrial action The public is “at direct risk” from unsupervised ex-offenders because probation officers in England and Wales are being asked to cope with excessive workloads, a union has said. As ministers prepare to release and monitor tens of thousands more prisoners this autumn, Napo’s executive has declared for the first time that it has no confidence in managers at the probation service. Continue reading...