Female Offenders Dear Sir
| Date | 01 September 1982 |
| Author | Anne Worrall |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455058202900337 |
| Published date | 01 September 1982 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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discipline
aspects
of
the
prison,
it
would
at
the
same
time,
be
unreasonable
to
expect
uniformed
staff
to
fulfil
our
role
as
social
workers.
If
the
NAPO
policy
is
implemented
there
would
be
many
tasks
of
a
social
work
nature
that
would
cease
to
be
undertaken
and
the
losers
would
be
our
clients.
With
probation
officers
no
longer
in
prisons
the
burden
would
fall
on
field
work
teams
to
make
through-care
a
priority.
Yet
the
evidence
at
the
present
time
suggests
that
the
contrary
is
true.
The
Justice
of
the
Peace
(14th
May,
1982,
page
299)
summarises
the
annual
report
of
the
Chief
Probation
Officer
of
Nor-
folk.
It
describes
a
restructuring
of
work
in
the
county
and
how
a
slight
decline
in
the
total
caseload
was
achieved
by
’...
a
necessary
withdrawal
of
working
with
offenders
in
institutions
and
dealing
with
offenders
subject
to
community
service
orders
more
quickly.’
We
frequently
hear
from
colleagues
of
the
problems
of
mak-
ing
regular
contact
with
prisoners
because
of
restrictions
on
travelling
to
prisons.
The
implications
are
that
through-care
is
time-consuming
and
is
an
easy
target
when
caseloads
have
to
be
pruned
and
costs
cut.
Instead
of
providing
probation
officers
working
in
prisons
with
support,
NAPO
has
become
negative.
The
policy
is
a
backward
step
which
may
well
result
in
a
loss
of
membership
from
disillusioned
probation
officers.
But
more
importantly,
in
the
final
analysis
it
is
our
clients
in
the
prisons
who
will
suffer.
Yours
sincerely
TED
BAILEY
CLAUDIA
CRAWLEY
JOHN
GOODE
TONY
GOODMAN
DIANA
GRAY
TIM
O’CONNER
BOB
HALFACRE
Probation
Department,
HMP
Holloway
Female
Offenders
Dear Sir
I am a
former
probation
officer,
cur-
rently
undertaking
postgraduate
research
into
community
provision
for
female
offenders.
I
would
be
interested
to
hear
from
probation
officers
and
social
workers,
working
with
female
offenders
in
any
setting,
who
could
give
me
infor-
mation
about
existing
provision
or
who
would
like
to
express
concern
about
the
treatment
women
receive
from
the
courts
and
the
caring
agencies.
I
would
not
ask
for
detailed
informa-
tion
without
obtaining
the
permission
of
the
Chief
Probation
Officers
concerned,
but
would
be
grateful
to
hear
from
any-
one
who
would
be
prepared
to
assist
me
in
this
research.
Yours
sincerelv
ANNE
WORRALL
Dept
of
Law,
University
of
Keele,
Keele,
Staffs
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