{"id":1363,"date":"2025-09-04T19:29:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/?page_id=1363"},"modified":"2025-09-04T20:18:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:18:46","slug":"probation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/probation\/","title":{"rendered":"Probation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1363\" class=\"elementor elementor-1363\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-466cee6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"466cee6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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The government agency responsible is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/national-probation-service\">National Probation Service<\/a>. Although some parts of the service were contracted out to non-governmental agencies, this idea has been abandoned and all the services will come back under the NPS.<\/p><p>There are a number of local charities who supplement government services by offering mentoring or supported housing to people released from prison. For example,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyccp.org.uk\/\">West Yorkshire Community Chaplaincy Project<\/a>\u00a0is an interfaith service that helps people released from prison settle back into the community. There are several projects that offer supported housing to people who want to recover from major addiction, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reflectionsha.com\/\">Reflections House<\/a>\u00a0in Castleford.<\/p><p>Please click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/local-directory\/#probation\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more local contacts for this service.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05d5e1c\" data-id=\"05d5e1c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b863141 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b863141\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 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