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November 15, 2005: Gagging Chief Officers of Probation? A leaked letter from National Probation Service Director Roger Hill to Chief Officers of Probation appears to suggest that they are forbidden to lobby against the proposals to restructure the Service. This compares with the way Chief Police Officers were encouraged to lobby for 90 days detention to deal with terrorism. The letter was dated November 7, when chief police officers were lobbying MPs over anti-terror measures, backed by the home secretary. In the letter, which has been reported by the BBC and the Guardian, Mr Hill writes that he aims to:
Though trades unions are entitled to respond to appropriate issues as they wish, writes Mr Hill, chief officers as leaders have particular responsibilities:
Shadow home secretary David Davis was quoted by the BBC as stating that:
The assistant general secretary of probation union Napo, Harry Fletcher, was reported in the Guardian stating that:
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April 26, 2008: Probation Service "At Breaking Point", Says New Research April 25, 2008: Some Crime Is Falling: It's Official April 25, 2008: Prison Population Breaks Record April 14, 2008: Prison Self Injury Rate Growing - Howard League April 4, 2008: New Corporate Manslaughter Law April 2, 2008: More Specialist Domestic Violence Court Systems April 1, 2008: Academics Challenge Crime Research Governance March 17, 2008: 16, 2007: More Cash For Prison Drug Treatment March 17, 2008: Sentencing Crisis, Says Napo March 6, 2008: ID Cards: On The Way February 28, 2008: Community Sentences Reduce Reoffending, Says Straw February 8, 2008: Straw Supports Community Sentences February 1, 2008: First New Public Prison In A Decade January 31, 2008: Penal Policy Reform January 1, 2008: Prison Suicides Rise December 29, 2007: Prison Recalls Out Of Control, Says Napo December 28, 2007: Offenders Do 6m Hours Of Work December 20, 2007: Howard League Welcomes Inquiry December 19, 2007: The Public & Tackling Offenders December 12, 2007: Reviewing The Law On Murder December 6, 2007: Napo On The Carter Report December 6, 2007: Carter Report And New 'Titan' Prisons |
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