10,300 hours of Community Service benefit Derry, Limavady and Strabane

July 25, 2017community service, Derry, Limavady, North West, PBNI community service, Strabane

Figures compiled for 2016/17 by Probation show that offenders on Community Service in the Derry, Limavady and Strabane area have completed 10,300 hours of unpaid work to benefit local communities. That is worth around £77,250 of work to help local communities in across the North West.

22,400 hours of Community Service benefits Newry, Banbridge and Portadown.

July 25, 2017Banbridge, community service, Newry, PBNI community service, Portadown, Rural South

Figures compiled for 2016/17 by Probation show that offenders on Community Service in the Newry, Banbridge and Portadown area have completed 22,400 hours of unpaid work to benefit local communities. That is around £168,000 worth of work to help local communities in Newry, Banbridge and Portadown.

8,500 hours of Community Service benefits Enniskillen and Omagh

July 25, 2017community service, Enniskillen, Omagh, PBNI community service, Rural West

Figures compiled for 2016/17 by Probation show that offenders on Community Service in the Enniskillen and Omagh area have completed 8,500 hours of unpaid work to benefit local communities. That is over £63,750 worth of work to help local communities in Enniskillen and Omagh.

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’.