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(01) and when the coalition’s plans for the “Transformation of Rehabilitation” hit, the If Public will become part of a national experiment. (02) Probation Service could be 70% smaller, with private sector contractors doing The the work of the Probation Service which won an award in 2012 for excellence, which has reduced the rate of reoffending year on year for the last 10 years, and which has given the coalition no cause for complaint. (03) proposals include the splitting of offenders into two groups. Low and Medium The risk “offenders” will be separated out from high risk “offenders” in an ill-conceived “split” with the low and medium group being supervised by private contractors in the quest for profit. Napo believes the primary function of its members, of assessing and managing risk, should remain in the Probation Service, a public sector organisation with a clear set of values, bringing about meaningful change in clients and ensuring less damage to communities. (04) This conference calls on the GFTU to raise awareness among its affiliates and the communities in which they live and serve to raise awareness of Napo’s campaign against privatisation which has the capacity to stop the public becoming coalition guinea pigs in an outrageous national experiment in crime.
Privatisation of Criminal Justice
Resolution 17
GFTU | BGCM Resolutions 2013/2015