AC1.2- NATIONAL PROBATION SERVICE

Question 1

What is the National Probation services relationship with the HM prison service and parole board?

Answer 1

Supervise prisoners released on license
May come to a decision with the prison when an offender is about to be released
Attend meetings in prison and provide reports reports to prison governors help decide whether a prisoner should be released under what conditions

Question 2

What is the NPS relationship with MAPPA?

Answer 2

(Multiagency public protection arrangements)
They attend these meetings to assess and report an offenders risk to the public

Question 3

What is the NPS relationship with the courts?

Answer 3

Prepare pre-sentencing reports on offenders
Supervise offenders who’d been given community sentences by court