{"id":6611,"date":"2025-08-27T14:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prisonersadvice.org.uk\/?p=6611"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:01:17","slug":"leaked-report-reveals-a-shortfall-of-10000-probation-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prisonersadvice.org.uk\/wordpress\/2025\/08\/27\/leaked-report-reveals-a-shortfall-of-10000-probation-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAKED REPORT REVEALS A SHORTFALL OF 10,000 PROBATION STAFF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recent, leaked documents have revealed a shortfall of 10,000 probation staff to manage offenders serving community&nbsp;sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In particular, probation workers say the early release scheme has dramatically increased their workload. (Between 10 September 2024 and the 31st March this year, 26,456 people were released under the scheme.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8216;These jobs are the bread and butter of probation, and the situation in terms of staffing is considerably worse than is being thought, especially at a time when the pressure on us is immense. It&#8217;s infuriating when some of us are being told it&#8217;s our fault we&#8217;re not&nbsp;doing enough and that we need to up our game, but actually the workload is sky high.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Probation workers say failures to monitor prison leavers could lead to a surge in reoffending and others going off the official radar &#8211; meaning prison leavers could be completely unsupervised. Indeed, the number of offenders looked after by staff was 241,540 at the end of March 2025, an increase of 9% over a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One probation officer described the workload as &#8216;non-stop&#8217;, increasing until &#8216;you simply can&#8217;t cope&#8217;, adding: &#8216;It&#8217;s just overwhelming.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cy7yj0gkl3zo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent, leaked documents have revealed a shortfall of 10,000 probation staff to manage offenders serving community&nbsp;sentences. 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