11,400 hours of Community Service benefits North Antrim Area

July 24, 2017Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Larne, North Antrim, PBNI community service

Figures compiled for 2016/17 by Probation show that offenders on Community Service in the North Antrim area have completed 11,400 hours of unpaid work to benefit local communities. That is over £85,500 worth of work to help local communities in Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Larne.

14,300 hours of Community Service benefits Armagh, Dungannon, Cookstown & Magherafelt

July 24, 2017Belfast, community service, Cookstown, Dungannon, Magherafelt, mid-ulster, midulster, PBNI community service

Figures compiled for 2016/17 by Probation show that offenders on Community Service in the Mid Ulster and Armagh area have completed 14,300 hours of unpaid work to benefit local communities. That is over £107,250 worth of work to help local communities in Armagh, Dungannon, Cookstown and Magherafelt.

76,100 hours of Community Service benefits Belfast

July 24, 2017Belfast, community service, PBNI community service

Figures compiled for 2016/17 by Probation show that offenders on Community Service in the Belfast area have completed 76,100 hours of unpaid work to benefit local communities. That is around £570,000 worth of work to help local communities in Belfast.

Enhanced Combination Order aims to cut short term Prison sentences

September 28, 2015

The Probation Board for Northern Ireland has developed a pilot scheme which aims to divert offenders from short–term custodial sentences by offering judges a more intensive community order with a focus on rehabilitation, reparation, restorative practice and desistance. The new order is called an ‘Enhanced Combination Order’.