Offenders' Chance to Change ; Change John Bensted, Chief Executive of Gloucestershire Probation Trust the Big Issue

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WHEN the Justice Minister Ken Clarke visited Gloucestershire Probation Trust a few weeks ago, he was impressed with what we are doing in the county to deliver community sentences.

Mr Clarke's new Green Paper was published on Tuesday, while I have not had chance to read it fully, it is clear in its aims - to reduce re-offending, improve rehabilitation and reform sentencing. There will be wide consultation over t he coming months. The fact is that Gloucestershire Probation Trust supervises five times as many offenders in the community as there are in HMP Gloucester and magistrates and judges already make very good use of the wide range of community sentences open to them.

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Offenders' Chance to Change ; Change John Bensted, Chief Executive of Gloucestershire Probation Trust the Big Issue

Their job is to impose what they think is the most suitable sentence to fit the crime.

The most common offences in ma...

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