Early release scheme is only a sticking plaster

Prison system is failing prisoners and communities

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
Fair pay for probation graphic

Probation pay campaign sees award re-opened

HMPPS re-opens award, with unions voting to accept new and improved offer

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

14 years of the Tories – police and probation

UNISON national officer for police and justice Ben Priestley on how catastrophic cuts and mismanagement have impacted the justice system

Opinion: 10 reasons why the civil service can’t do probation

The centralisation of probation has proven to be disastrous, argues UNISON national officer for police and justice Ben Priestley

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Operation protect: probation workloads campaign

Taking the shackles off probation 

UNISON’s Operation Protect campaign demands urgent action on probation workloads in order to protect the public

Soaring probation workloads put the public at risk, warn unions

Probation can and must do better with the right levels of investment.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
Police and justice conference

Delegates pass key motions to protect probation workers

Several key motions were passed at UNISON’s police and justice conference on providing security and support to members working in probation

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON says probation reunification needs proper funding

The union was giving evidence to Westminster’s justice select committee’s inquiry into the future of the service

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Unions urge immediate protection of Black probation workers from COVID-19

UNISON and sister probation unions tell National Probation Service there is no time to waste in safeguarding their Black/BAME members

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

NPS confirms it cannot pay probation staff 2020 increment on time

Unions in England and Wales demand talks with the National Probation Service after it fails to get sign-off from the Treasury

News on the UNISON National site.