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PROBATION officers' union Napo won the right yesterday to access key documents related to the government's proposed privatisation of the probation service.
Napo is bringing a legal challenge over plans to split up and privatise part of the service, arguing that it will expose officers and the public to "serious and avoidable harm."
The union's case was boosted yesterday after London's High Court granted it access to files relating to risk management.
Long-term underfunding and state neglect, while simultaneously probation services have been undermined, have intensified the prison crises, argues SOLOMON HUGHES
With the agitated debate now raging in the media about the early release schemes, Prison Officers Association general secretary STEVE GILLAN gives the view of those who work in the sector
