Ella Rabaiotti

Another day, another train, another prison survey visit - this time at HMP Cardiff.

We spoke with 53 people on their prison wings about the impact of #NationalPrisonRadio.

Here is just one snippet:
"It's another avenue for release, prison is stressful and it helps the world not get on top of you."

Probation clients’ satisfaction with their probation officer: Do perceptions of fairness and felt support matter? - Matthias van Hall, 2025 Probation officers serve as a bridge between incarceration and reintegration into society for individuals who have been incarcerated. The aim of this study is t...

New article:

'Probation clients’ satisfaction with their probation officer: Do perceptions of fairness and felt support matter?'

Matthias van Hall shares research with formerly incarcerated clients of Dutch Probation Service.
#Probation #SocialWork #Criminology
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‘Work locally’: The slow journey to devolving probation in Wales - Ella Rabaiotti, 2025 Probation in Wales operates along a ‘jagged edge’ of criminal and social justice. Agencies which support rehabilitation, including health, education, and housin...

My latest publication in @probationjournal.bsky.social ‘Work locally’: The slow journey to devolving probation in Wales
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Just published in Probation Journal:

‘Indifference, resistance, possibility: Probation staff perspectives on the introduction of Professional Registration’: A practitioner's response
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Very grateful to all those who attended today’s session. Two excellent #SocialScience talks: one on the educational trajectories of care-experienced children, and the other on the role of Warm Hubs in developing community connections in #Wales.

#SocialSciences #Senedd #Cymru

Today we’re at @senedd.cymru for a lunchtime event hosted by @cefincampbell.bsky.social to showcase two fantastic examples of #SocialScience research in action, courtesy of @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social and Emily Lowthian of Swansea University.

#SocialSciences #Wales #Cymru

Professional Registration of Probation Practitioners in a Devolved Welsh Probation Service - John Deering, Martina Y. Feilzer, Ella Rabaiotti, 2025 In this paper, we consider the newly implemented Probation Professional Register Policy Framework in the context of the intent of the Welsh Government (WG) to w...

New open access article published in the Probation Journal -‘Professional Registration of Probation Practitioners in a Devolved Welsh Probation Service’

Coauthored with @mfeilzer.bsky.social and John Deering

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Hope & Probation Jake Phillips & colleagues' new report on Using the lens of hope to reimagine probation practice.

Hope & Probation
@jakephillips.bsky.social & colleagues' new report on Using the lens of hope to reimagine probation practice.
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Hello from the Editors at the European Journal of Probation! We are just getting started on BlueSky.

We welcome submissions on a range of topics across: #probation and community justice, sentencing, #parole, resettlement, desistance, and much more.

🔗 to our website:
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Second Joint International Seminar: Perspectives on Serious Offending — Probation Institute Second Joint International Seminar from the Probation Institute and International Criminal Justice (IN-CJ).

Have you signed up for our Joint International Seminar with International Criminal Justice (IN-CJ) yet? The focus will be ‘Perspectives on Serious Offending’. Book your free place now.

Research roles advertised with the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
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Probation Institute Position Papers The Probation Institute publishes ‘Position Papers’ setting out its views on a number of topical issues.

The Probation Institute publishes 'Position Papers' to share its viewpoints on significant issues, grounded in empirical evidence, solid research, and the expertise of professionals in probation and rehabilitation. Free to access now. #Probation #Research

Revealed: ‘chaotic’ system leaves freed prisoners untagged for months An undercover reporter finds staff are repeatedly sent to the wrong address by the monitoring service, which is struggling with a backlog, while criminals mock the justice system

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Criminals are going untagged for months after their release from prison in England and Wales amid “chaos” in the system used to track them, an investigation has revealed

Police officer not prosecuted over e-bike fatal crash A police officer will not face criminal charges after following two teenagers in a van before they died in an e-bike crash two years ago. Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15, died in May 2023 wh...

A police officer will not face criminal charges after following two teenagers in a van before they died in an e-bike crash two years ago
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Wales is getting screwed over by the Treasury (again).

A deliberate decision has robbed public sector bodies in Wales of money while protecting those in England.

This is fiddly but really outrageous. You can either watch the video or read below...

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Probation Quarterly Issue 35 PQ35 recently released.

Have you downloaded PQ35 yet? A bumper edition featuring 18 articles including evidence-based strategies to revive probation, a framework to support change, insights into OMiC, experiences of people subject to life licences and so much more. #probation

Lawyers attack ‘dangerous’ decision to halt Sentencing Council guidelines Society of Black Lawyers calls decision to block pre-sentencing reports ‘deliberate step backwards’

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Disappointing decision by the Sentencing Council under pressure. Don't give up on this!

⛔ The Lord Chancellor’s decision to block the Sentencing Council’s guidance on pre-sentence reports is a deliberate step backwards.

Blocking progress is not about fairness, it’s about maintaining a status quo that already fails too many.

Read our statement ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/a-deliberate...

Our briefing, "Lessons for Public Management Reform from the insourcing of probation services in England and Wales" is now available! Well worth a look eprints.soton.ac.uk/499654/1/109... @probationres.bsky.social @nicolacarr.bsky.social @matthew-millings.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

Indifference, resistance, possibility: Probation staff perspectives on the introduction of professional registration - Matthew Millings, Lol Burke, Harry Annison, Nicola Carr, Gwen Robinson, Eleanor S... Rehabilitating Probation is a three-year research project (2022–2025), exploring the most recent iteration of probation reform in England and Wales. This articl...

🚨New Publication Alert🚨 We are happy to share news of the latest article from the ESRC-funded Rehabilitating Probation Project. Here, we explore probation staff expectations, in the months leading up to its formal implementation, of Professional Registration 1/3 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Map showing proportion of working age population in receipt of health related social security, coloured by quintile of constituency. In some coastal areas, south Wales, the North West and Yorkshire and North East, rates are between 15-20%

Where will the cuts to sickness & disability benefits hit hardest?

New @jrf-uk.bsky.social constituency analysis shows the % of working age people receiving these benefits in England & Wales.

Some MP inboxes are likely to be brimming, as concern about these plans is widespread

The Forgotten Service #probation #prison
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The applications system is often poorly managed in prisons. Paper applications get lost in piles of requests, and prisoners don’t always get enough time to use electronic kiosks. Around 15% can use tablets or laptops to make applications, but some prisons cap the number and the length of requests, which limits their effectiveness.

Prisoners rely almost entirely on staff to manage their everyday requests, either through informal conversations or by submitting formal, written ‘applications’. But staff shortages and inexperience can mean prisoners do not always get the help they need. This can lead to frustration and poor behaviour.

Our report ‘Easier said than done: resolving prisoner requests’, published today, reveals how hard it is for prisoners to get basic things done in jail.

Read the report: hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmipris_repo...

And media release: hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/inabili...

Working with Veterans A dedicated learning resource page featuring e-learning courses, relevant research and training resources for practitioners.

Our 'Working with Veterans' page is a dedicated learning resource featuring e-learning courses, relevant research and training resources for practitioners. #probation #veterans

The Griffins Society Research Listings Free access to Griffins Society Research

Probation Institute proudly hosts the Griffins Society Research Archive. This contains the findings of research from over 30 years of research by criminal justice practitioners into the treatment of women & girls in criminal justice and is free to access.

If the Justice Secretary’s draft law aims to surgically remove the offending part of the Sentencing Council’s guideline, I hope she never operates on me.
Thoughts on the Sentencing Council debacle.

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Probation pilot provides support for victims of stalking Process evaluation of the pilot Victim Notification Scheme for victims of stalking, harassment & coercive behaviour.

Probation pilot provides support for victims of stalking
Process evaluation of the pilot Victim Notification Scheme for victims of stalking, harassment & coercive behaviour www.russellwebster.com/probation-pi...

New 1,500-place prison opens as government grips crisis “Public safety must never be put at risk again by the failure to have enough prison places”, Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said as she opened a new nearly 1,500-place prison in Yorkshire.

New 1,500-place prison in Yorkshire

‘HMP Millsike is the first of four new jails to be built as part of the Plan for Change to create 14,000 extra prison places by 2031’

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Victims attend parole hearings to see offenders held to account Victims can attend the parole hearings of their perpetrators from today (1 April) as part of the Government's Plan for Change.

‘Victims attend parole hearings to see offenders held to account’:
‘Victims can attend the parole hearings of their perpetrators from today (1 April) as part of the Government's Plan for Change’ www.gov.uk/government/n...