COMMUNITY SERVICE

Find out more about Community Service and how you can nominate a project using our online form.

PROGRAMMES

PBNI delivers behavioural change programmes for offenders in custody and in the community.

VICTIM INFORMATION SCHEME

Find out more about the scheme if you have been the direct victim of a criminal offence for which the offender received a Probation Supervised sentence.

STATISTICS AND RESEARCH

Statistical information can be downloaded here including caseload statistics and survey reports.
Making local communities safer by challenging and changing offenders behaviour Delivering behavioural change programmes for offenders Reducing offending Working in partnership within the Criminal Justice System and local communities Professional and dedicated staff providing effective probation practice Providing information services to victims Valuing Equality and Diversity

Welcome to the website for the Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI)

PBNI's purpose is to make local communities safer by challenging and changing offenders' behaviour.  The Probation Board is a Non Departmental Public Body (NDPB) of the Department of Justice (DOJ), which is a Northern Ireland Department that came into existence on 12 April 2010 and was established by the Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010.  It has a range of devolved policing and justice functions, set out in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010.   

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Probation central to Reducing Offending Partnerships

Justice Minister David Ford has announced that partnerships designed to reduce offending will now operate in all police districts.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Community Partnership at work in Magherafelt

On Monday 20 May PBNI held a presentation of the Duke of Edinburgh Skills section Certificates to two probation clients.
Monday, May 20, 2013
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Community Service makes a difference in Greenisland

The Church of Ireland in Greenisland have thanked offenders on community service for redecorating work including the restoration of floors recently completed and grounds keeping.
Friday, May 10, 2013
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