The Probation Service Annual Report 2011 was published today.
The report highlights positive developments in terms of increased use of community service as an alternative to custodial sentences: there was a 48% increase in the number of Community Service Orders made in 2011, with over 420,000 hours of meaningful community work being completed in lieu of custodial sentences; 1,035 years would otherwise have been served in prison.
The Probation Service Annual Report 2011 can be accessed here.
Read More:
- IPRT Press Release: 'IPRT welcomes increase in use of community sanctions as alternative to prison'
- Dept of Justice Press Release
- IPRT Position Paper 8: Community Sanctions