This inquiry, driven from the start by our lived experience membership, brings together evidence from people with lived experience and probation practitioners to set out how the Probation Service can be supported to fulfil its potential. The inquiry covers key findings and recommendations in four key areas: the culture of the probation service, and probation’s role within courts, the community, and prison resettlement.

Lived Experience Inquiry into Probation

This is our downloadable report which explores the challenges faced by people under probation and probation practitioners. It draws recommendations for the Probation Service in four key areas: the culture of the probation service, and probation's role within courts, the community, and prison resettlement.