The probation service is committed to reducing reoffending by working with adult offenders to address the causes of crime.  It works with offenders on community sentences as well as those in prison and on release.  It als works with the victims of serious violent or sexual crimes.  A small number of staff work in Youth Offending Teams.

 

 

The service works in partership with many organisations, both statutory and voluntary.  It is also a member of the Merseyside Criminal Justice Board which includes the police, Crown Prosecution Service, courts, prisons and probation.

 

For more information about the Merseyside Probation area, visit our website.