North Yorkshire Probation Service

We, as a service, have a number of national aims. Firstly protecting the public is the key aim to which all our efforts are directed. We take a lead role in judging how much of a risk an offender is to society – in terms of committing further offences and causing harm to other people. Our experienced and well-trained staff advise the courts on appropriate community sentences, supervise offenders on community sentences and also supervise offenders upon release from prison. We work towards the reduction of re-offending and the proper punishment of offenders, ensuring offenders' awareness of the effects of crime on victims of crime and the public. Finally, we also work towards the rehabilitation of offenders.