Delayed community offender manager engagement before release
His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 3 Oct 2023 and 27 Jan 2025.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
A published response was found for 1 of the 1 earlier reports, stating 0 specific actions.
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“In Mr [name redacted]' case there were delays by probation in allocating a community offender manager and providing an up-to-date OASYS report.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service responded.Response (PDF) ↗
- 1 year 4 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderatea different coroner
“Mr [name redacted] a man aged 88 in failing health only saw his Community Offender Manager on 5th October 2023, 8 days before his release.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Repeated from the earlier report:CommunityOffenderManager
His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service responded.Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗
- All reports to His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service
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2023 → 2025William Bissett1 year 4 months after Manoel Santos · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderateBoth reports highlight delays in the Community Offender Manager's timely engagement with prisoners before release. The earlier report cites delays in allocating a COM and providing an OASYS report; the later report notes a COM only met a prisoner eight days before release.
Manoel Santos · 3 Oct 2023
“In Mr [name redacted]' case there were delays by probation in allocating a community offender manager and providing an up-to-date OASYS report.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ William Bissett · 27 Jan 2025
“Mr [name redacted] a man aged 88 in failing health only saw his Community Offender Manager on 5th October 2023, 8 days before his release.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
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- Concerns from reports to His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service at least six months apart were compared by meaning (Qwen3 embeddings) and wording (TF-IDF).
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| Link | Meaning | Wording | Judge | Coroner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 → 2025 | 0.63 | 0.28 | Closely related · 0.80 | different |
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