As we publish Issue 6, we are well into the second lockdown in England and have had to revise some of the plans we had for returning in greater numbers to our offices and for visiting prisons again. There are,… Read More
Following the publication of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman 2019/20 Annual Report, Lucy Frazer QC, the Minister of State for Justice has considered and responded to issues raised in our submission. Please read the Minister’s letter here.
The year covered by this annual report has been another in which demand for our services has remained high, although there were small, but welcome, falls in both the number of complaints we received and the number of deaths into… Read More
This article was written by staff at the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman. We’d like to thank The Traveller Movement for publishing this article in July 2020. You can view their article here. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) is appointed… Read More
Welcome to the latest issue of The Investigator. In this edition, our first in lockdown, we aim to tell you something about how the work of the PPO is being delivered in these unprecedented and challenging times. Two articles, one focused… Read More
From 6 July 2020 the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will be able to return to the office building for the first time since lockdown. A small number of staff will begin printing letters to send to those in prison. We… Read More
Following a request from the Prisons Minster, Lucy Frazer QC, the PPO Sue McAllister has agreed to conduct an investigation into a stillbirth on 18 June 2020 at HMP Styal. The investigation will be carried out with a clinical reviewer… Read More
In addition to our new scanning solution for accessing prisoners mail, our assessment team and investigators are now trialling the use of ’email a prisoner’. Email a prisoner allows us to send messages to people in prison. The messages are… Read More
Following the latest Government advice about the COVID-19 emergency, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) will continue to work remotely. We have been working hard to come up with a solution that enables us to still receive post during the… Read More
Following the latest Government advice about the COVID-19 emergency, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) will continue to work remotely during the lockdown. In March the PPO’s office building was closed until further notice and all staff were instructed to… Read More