What we do
South Yorkshire Probation Trust is part of the National
Probation Service and we work to five statutory aims:
- Protecting the public;
- Enforcing the punishment of offenders;
- Upholding the interests of victims of crime;
- Reducing reoffending; and
- Rehabilitating offenders to lead law-abiding lives
In South Yorkshire, we are responsible for the delivery of
reports about offenders to the courts and the supervision of
offenders in the community. We also deliver programmes and
interventions to rehabilitate offenders and reduce the chance of
them committing crime in the future.
Probation Service staff carry out extremely valuable work to
protect the public, reduce re-offending and support victims. They
play a vital role in helping to cut crime and turning very
difficult individuals' lives around.
Our staff, and our colleagues in other organisations who support
our work, are committed to minimising the impact of crime on
communities and especially victims who have been affected by
serious violent or sexually violent crimes. We are also
actively committed to rehabilitate offenders given community
sentences and those released from prison; to enforce the conditions
of their court orders and release licences and to take whatever
steps in our power to protect the public.