Thousands of criminals are treating community service sentences as optional – by merely refusing to start or abandoning them. Ministry of Justice figures reveal courts in England and Wales issued 53,685 unpaid work orders in the year to March 2025 – yet 3,200 were never started, and a third failed to satisfy the required hours.Continue reading “Criminals Ignore Community Service Sentences”
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The Ministry Of Justice Accidentally Leaks That Prison And Probation Staff Levels Are Dangerously Low
The Ministry of Justice accidentally divulged that prison and probation service staffing levels were approaching dangerously low levels. In an obvious blunder, the MoJ aired its concerns in the description of a recruitment contract on the government procurement website. The £8 million contract blamed government commitments on prison expansion and high staff attrition for theContinue reading “The Ministry Of Justice Accidentally Leaks That Prison And Probation Staff Levels Are Dangerously Low”
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