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Community sentences

Explains what community sentences are and how they work. Also gives details of different types of community sentences.

https://www.gov.uk/community-sentences
GOV.UK
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Probation

Includes information about what you must and must not do and what happens if you break the rules of your probation.

https://www.gov.uk/guide-to-probation
GOV.UK
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Advice for people with criminal records

Answers frequently asked questions on what it means if you are on licence and applying for work, travelling abroad, applying for housing or insurance, and more. Also links to a page with external organisations with further advice and how to get in touch with their advisers. 

https://www.nacro.org.uk/nacro-services/criminal-record-support/advice-for-indiv…
NACRO
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The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman

The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) investigates complaints made by prisoners, young people in detention, offenders under probation supervision and immigration detainees and the deaths of prisoners, young people in detention, and immigration detainees due to any cause, including any apparent suicides and natural causes.

 

https://ppo.gov.uk/
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
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