Probation services return to public control

Probation services return to public control
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Probation services in England and Wales will return to public control, seven years after Chris Grayling's changes that were later labelled as "flawed".
The former Justice Secretary's 2014 reforms saw the management of low-risk and medium-risk offenders contracted out to private companies.
It led to what was assessed as "poor quality supervision" of many offenders.
Labour has previously welcomed the "U-turn", calling the involvement of private firms a "mistake".
Ministers say they want to see more offenders doing community punishments like scrubbing off graffiti, while wearing high-visibility tabards emblazoned with phrases like "community payback".

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