From London Bridge to a serial rapist, failing to monitor offenders properly puts the public in danger
The IndependentA watchdog’s warning that some probation officers lack the “professional curiosity” to check whether dangerous offenders are lying should not come as a surprise after the events of the past year – but it must be acted on. open image in gallery Quyen Ngoc Nguyen, 28, was murdered by two convicted killers who had met in prison Each horrific case saw the staff involved reprimanded, but HM Inspectorate of Probation has now revealed a “lack of professional curiosity” in all seven NPS divisions across England and Wales. Chief inspector Justin Russell said there was a risk of harm to the public if officers could not detect so-called false compliance by convicts, and that some were taking their accounts “on face value”. They were meant to handle lower-risk offenders but a series of dangerous failings and expensive contracts forced the government to announce last year that it would move all supervision under the public NPS.
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Revealed: Record number of ex-offenders charged with serious new crimes while on probation
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Free up probation officers ahead of wave of prisoner releases, say experts
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Probation staffing crisis laid bare in damning reports as alarm sounded over public safety
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Chief’s warning over prison early release scheme as 97% of probation units failing
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Criminals released from prison could be left free to kill as overstretched probation service in crisis
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Probation crisis: One person killed every three days by offenders under supervision
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Probation officers ‘failing to investigate if dangerous offenders released from prison are lying’
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Victims of rape and violence being left in dark about attackers' whereabouts by authorities
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Chris Grayling's part-privatisation of probation services 'irredeemably flawed', inspector finds
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‘Dangerous’ part-privatisation of probation services costing taxpayers extra £467m, watchdog finds
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Number of offenders recalled to prison surges following 'disastrous' probation reforms
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Private probation companies given extra £170m as government scraps ‘catastrophic’ contracts
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Private probation companies letting convicts commit more crime and allowing them to disappear, report finds
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Government outsourcing 'high-risk' jobs guarding murderers and rapists at probation hostels to private firms
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Government's privatisation of probation services 'putting public at risk' as offenders monitored by phone
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Labour condemns 'failing' probation reforms as growing numbers of offenders sent back to prison
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Chris Grayling’s legacy is dangerous offenders going unsupervised and more expenditure
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'Risking public safety': probation chiefs vent fury at 'payments on results' private sector shake-up
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