Progress towards the creation of a new system for the more effective management of offenders reached a significant milestone today with the appointment of 10 new Regional Offender Managers (ROMS) across England and Wales.
Progress towards the creation of a new system for the more effective management of offenders reached a significant milestone today with the appointment of 10 new Regional Offender Managers (ROMS) across England and Wales.
The appointments follow the bringing together of the Prison and Probation Services into the new National Offender Management Service (NOMS), which is at the centre of the essential overhaul of the correctional services designed to cut re-offending rates and increase rehabilitation.
The 10 appointees, one for each of the nine English regions and another for Wales, will work to develop and introduce the idea of offender management in both the Prisons and Probation Services. They will also ensure that work done with an offender in custody is continued after their release.
The 10 ROMS will take up their new posts in November and report to the National Offender Manager Christine Knott.
Congratulating the Regional Offender Managers on their appointments, Home Office Minister Paul Goggins said:
"We have a once in a generation opportunity to revolutionise the way we treat offenders and challenge offending behaviour.
"The successful candidates have been appointed from a very strong field and have a mixture of prisons and probation experience. I'm very pleased we will have such an able team in place as we move forward with these important reforms."
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