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Harry Fletcher

Harry Fletcher is an assistant general secretary of Napo, the Trade Union and Professional Association for Family Court and Probation Staff

January 2013

  • Young offenders painting fences for community service.

    Privatising probation makes no sense – and will put the public at risk

    Harry Fletcher
    Harry Fletcher: Why sell and fragment a service that has met or exceeded its targets? The only reason must be money and ideology

April 2012

  • Woman waiting for train watched by stalker

    Second thoughts
    How we changed the law on stalking

    Harry Fletcher and Laura Richards
    Just a year after starting a campaign on stalking, who would have thought it would become an offence on the statute book?

January 2012

  • Anna Friel and Daniel Mays in the TV drama Public Enemies

    Second thoughts
    TV drama Public Enemies reflects the reality of probation officers

    Harry Fletcher

    Over the years probation officers have had their judgment undermined by a tick-box culture that puts risk management before rehabilitation

October 2008

  • The criminal justice system is in crisis

    Harry Fletcher

    Harry Fletcher: But there is a way to bring relief to those working in it, and to stop young people turning to crime

September 2007

  • A bureaucratic disaster

    Harry Fletcher

    Harry Fletcher: After creating the National Offender Management Service and wasting millions, the government is now abandoning it.

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