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Interview: Justin Russell, HM chief inspector, Probation Service

3 mins read Youth Offending Interview
Derren Hayes talks to probation chief about standards of youth offending services.
Russell: “Inspectors like the intensity of on-site visits”
Russell: “Inspectors like the intensity of on-site visits”

For more than 20 years, Justin Russell advised senior politicians – including former Prime Minister Tony Blair – on policymaking before moving into Whitehall to oversee the implementation of those policies through senior roles in the Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions, and Ministry of Justice. Last year, he replaced Dame Glenys Stacey as head of HMI Probation, the independent inspectorate of probation and youth justice services. In the inspectorate’s soon-to-be-published Youth Annual Report, Russell praises the “remarkable job” youth offending teams (YOTs) did in maintaining services during the pandemic lockdown in the spring, but raises concerns over their insufficient progress in improving resettlement, reducing reoffending and tackling disproportionality.

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