that heading will be the news in a few years' time
The government organisation for monitoring, supervising and rehabilitating some of the most vulnerable, chaotic and occasionally dangerous offenders is being sold to the likes of G4S, Serco, and possibly even worse (is that eve possible?) small third sector groups being put together as we speak.
They will manage 'low-to-medium risk of serious harm' offenders. For those who work in the criminal justice sector, you will know, and those who don't, you should know, that a large proportion of the 'medium risk of serious harm' go on to commit further violent offences; serious violent offences. Probation work extremely bloody hard to minimise this risk, using highly trained, experienced and dedicated officers, making constant, high level risk assessments every step of the way. These medium risk of serious harm offenders are now going to be managed by anyone that wants to put in a bid for services. They will have no idea how to recognise if a risk is increasing, let alone what to do about it!
These untrained teams will manage domestic abuse perpetrators, child protection issues, violent offenders, sex offenders, those at high risk of further offending such as prolific burglars, criminals who have convictions for carrying weapons, and more
There will be a tiny proportion of probation left to manage high risk offenders. And, apparantly, if a 'medium risk of serious harm' offender's risk increases they will be passed back to that team. Except. How the fuck will this untrained team of people know that the risk of harm has escalated to High risk of causing serious harm? And, well, then, it's probably too fucking late!
High risk of serious harm means = imminent risk of causing harm from which recovery will be difficult of impossible. imminent.
Chris Grayling is a prick. I know that is not intellectual, but fuck it, there are no other words that I feel comfortable sharing.
Anyway, there are 24,000 signatures on the e-petition. That is pathetic. There were more people signing the e-petition for allowing children to go on holiday, by at least 60,000. That is shocking.
Please, please sign it. Get your family, friends and work colleagues to sign it. If this happens, your streets will be far less safe than they are now. Your children will not be safe, and nor will their children.
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another one hardly any signatures on that one!
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PavlovtheCat · 19/09/2013 22:55
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