Speeches, submissions, responses and letters
October 2024
Speech to National Association of Probation Officers AGM – 11 October 2024. Transcript of the speech (PDF, 115 kB)
Martin Jones, HM Chief Inspector.
March 2023
Speech to Inside Government Conference on Probation System Management – 21 March 2023. ‘Insights from recent probation inspections’ [presentation (PDF, 2 MB)] and [transcript of the speech (PDF, 174 kB)]’
Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector of Probation
Westminster Legal Policy Forum Conference: Next steps for youth justice – 01 March 2023 (presentation slides (PDF, 499 kB)) and (transcript of speech (PDF, 320 kB)).
Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector.
February 2023
Speech: Westminster Legal Policy Forum conference: Next steps for tackling drug and alcohol-fuelled crime in England and Wales. 06 February 2023 (presentation slides (PDF, 740 kB)).
Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector.
November 2022
Speech: Clinks 2022 Annual Conference. 22 November 2022 (presentation slides (Presentation, 3 MB)) and (transcript of speech (PDF, 115 kB)).
July 2022
Speech: Westminster Legal Policy Forum conference. 05 July 2022 (presentation slides (PDF, 764 kB)) (transcript of speech (PDF, 187 kB)).
Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector.
June 2022
Speech: Modernising Criminal Justice Conference: recent probation inspection findings. 15 June 2022 (presentation slides (PDF, 308 kB)) (transcript of speech (PDF, 128 kB)).
Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector.
October 2021
Letter: Public Accounts Committee: Call for Evidence – reducing the backlog in criminal courts (PDF, 212 kB), 18 October 2021
Presentation: Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector and Andrea Brazier, Head of Youth Inspection Programme – Association of YOT Managers AGM (presentation slides (PDF, 699 kB)) 13 October 2021
September 2021
Speech: Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector – Offender Management Conference 2021 (presentation slides (Presentation, 308 kB)) (transcript of speech (PDF, 152 kB)) 29 September 2021
Representation: HM Inspectorate of Probation – Spending Review representation (PDF, 154 kB), 20 September 2021
Presentation: Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector – Youth Justice Conference 2021 (presentation slides (PDF, 526 kB)) (transcript of speech (PDF, 170 kB)) 09 September 2021
August 2021
Submission – HM Inspectorate of Probation – HM Inspectorate of Probation – response to the Case for Change consultation by the independent review of children’s social care (PDF, 254 kB), 13 August 2021
March 2021
Submission: HM Inspectorate of Probation – Home Office call for evidence: violence against women and girls (PDF, 161 kB), 25 March 2021.
Presentation: Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector – Race equality in probation: the experiences of black, Asian and minority ethnic probation service users and staff.
(video of presentation (YouTube link, 433 kB))(presentation slides (PDF, 510 kB)) 16 March 2021
January 2021
Speech: Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector – A brief history of the Probation Service and its challenges. From ‘advise, assist and befriend’ to ‘assess, protect and change’. (transcript of speech (PDF, 127 kB)). 25 January 2021
December 2020
Presentation: Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector – Annual report: inspection of probation services (2019-2020)
(video of presentation (YouTube link)) (presentation slides (PDF, 516 kB)) 03 December 2020.
November 2020
Speech: Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector – YJB Live (speech (PDF, 156 kB)) (presentation (Presentation, 427 kB)) 25 November 2020.
October 2020
Speech: Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector – NAPO conference speech (PDF, 94 kB), 09 October 2020.
September 2020
Submission: HM Inspectorate of Probation – Comprehensive Spending Review representation (PDF, 146 kB), 18 September 2020.
June 2020
Speech: Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector, Academy for Social Justice Lecture (PDF, 169 kB), 30 June 2020.
Presentation: Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector, Academy for Social Justice Lecture (PDF, 635 kB), 30 June 2020.
October 2019
Speech: Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector, Association of YOT Managers, Autumn Conference (PDF, 159 kB), 16 October 2019
Speech: Justin Russell, HM Chief Inspector, The current state of probation services (PDF, 158 kB), National Association of Probation Officers, Annual General Meeting, Cardiff, 11 October 2019