A follow-up review to assess progress has found one strategic and two operational recommendations fully achieved
An inspection of the Probation Board for Northern Ireland has found “significant progress” after a critical report from Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland in 2020 made 11 recommendations for improvement.
Jacqui Durkin, chief inspector of criminal justice in Northern Ireland, welcomed the commitment towards implementing the recommendations. She said: “The PBNI had experienced significant changes since the full inspection with a reconstituted board, a new chief executive and a restructured senior leadership team.
“The chief executive and her leadership team approached the self-assessment for this follow-up review in a pragmatic and honest way. As an inspectorate, we don’t always find that, and it was refreshing to work with an organisation that truly reflects on its practice and recognises that there is more to be done; not only with the 2020 inspection report recommendations but by authentically embracing an ethos of continuous improvement.
Probation Board chairman Max Murray welcomed the findings. He said: “The findings in this review are very welcome and demonstrate the substantial efforts made over the last few years to make improvements to organisational culture and probation practice. “We have more to do but this review is a resounding endorsement of the work that has taken place to date.”
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