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Dame Glenys Stacey
THE government’s outsourcing of probation services was condemned today in a “damning” and “deeply troubling” report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) chief Dame Glenys Stacey.
The watchdog investigated how ex-offenders are being handled across Dorset, Devon and Cornwall by community rehabilitation company Working Links.
Ms Stacey branded the company “inadequate,” the lowest possible rating. The firm has now announced it is going into administration.
PCS members face dangerous working conditions in crumbling buildings while the Common Platform IT system obstructs rather than streamlines operations — and Labour’s promised wave of insourcing has not materialised, writes SHARON McLEAN
IAN LAWRENCE welcomes the government sentencing review but warns past experience shows such words rarely translate into meaningful action
