Our Work

Managing and rehabilitating offenders

Gloucestershire Probation is a key law enforcement agency which assists the courts in sentencing offenders and manages those offenders throughout their sentences.We are responsible for:

• Writing reports that assess offenders to assist courts and the parole board to make their decisions
• Supervising Community Orders made by courts
• Supervising offenders released from prison on licence

The purpose of our work with offenders is to punish, help, change and, where necessary, control. The aim of this work is to reduce the risk that offenders will re-offend and thereby to protect the public.

Supporting victims

We provide a Victim Contact Service to victims of serious crime to ensure they are informed about the progress of offenders in the prison system and are consulted when decisions concerning their release are made. Visit our victim pages to find out more.