Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
COMMENDEE 2025-26: Leila’s Commendation, as Health & Justice Partnership Co-ordinator with West Mercia Probation, is for conceiving and driving forward an innovative, data-driven approach to improving healthcare for people on probation, by mapping their needs and health inequalities across the country.
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Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
COMMENDEE 2025-26: A Unit Manager at HMP Maghaberry, Paul is granted a Commendation for his support for veterans in custody – a group especially marginalised in the Northern Ireland context – including establishing a veterans’ hub in the prison, in partnership with the armed forces charity SSAFA.
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Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
COMMENDEE 2025-26: Gavin is a Community Payback Work Team Leader with East Lothian Council and is Commended for his management and support of colleagues, and for transforming the range of activities on offer to ensure that unpaid work makes a real and meaningful difference to the lives of local residents.
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Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
COMMENDEE 2025-26: Originally nominated by a prisoner for the mental health peer-support group he set up, Custodial Manager Brendon gets a Commendation for his contribution, through his leadership and dedication, to the safety and wellbeing of both prisoners and staff right across HMP Dovegate.
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Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
COMMENDEE 2025-26: Paula is Commended for her contribution to the wellbeing of residents at Woodlands JJC – going well beyond her role as an Administrative Officer, in a voluntary capacity, to qualify as a Personal Trainer, and deliver a popular, and highly effective, health and fitness programme for the children.
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Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
COMMENDEE 2025-26: Sally is a Caseholder with Devon Youth Justice Service and receives a Commendation as “a shining example of best practice in youth support” – recognised by the young people, their families, and her colleagues for the dedication, professionalism, and skill she brings to the role.
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Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
COMMENDEE 2025-26: Catering Officer Colin is Commended for the rehabilitative support he gives to the women he employs in the canteen at Hydebank Wood College – building their confidence and self-esteem, helping them gain industry-recognised qualifications, and assisting many to find work in the sector on release.
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Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
COMMENDEE 2025-26: Described by one colleague as “the best manager I have ever had”, Janice is granted a Commendation for her supportive and inspiring leadership, and for her contribution to improving professional practice throughout the region, as Assistant Chief Officer for Bury & Rochdale PDU.
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Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
COMMENDEE 2025-26: Senior Officer Chelsea’s Commendation is for the profound impact she has had on health and wellbeing across HMP Peterborough, including through her leadership of Trauma Risk Management in the jail, her care and support of colleagues, and her fitness programmes for prisoners and staff.
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Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
COMMENDEE 2025-26: Kathryn is Commended, as the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) lead for North East Probation, for transforming the region’s OPD provision through her knowledge, passion, and skill – her achievements have been widely praised by colleagues, as well as HM Inspectorate of Probation.
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Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
COMMENDEE 2025-26: Imran gets a Commendation for his role, as the centre’s electrician, in keeping Heathrow IRC operating over the last 20 years; for the pride he takes in his work; for his technical knowledge, proactive approach, and calmness under pressure; and for coming in, day or night, whenever needed.
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Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
COMMENDEE 2025-26: Maria has worked at HMP Leeds, in a range of administrative positions, for over 40 years, and is Commended as a role model for her positivity and all-round excellence in everything she does, and for the encouragement and support she gives her colleagues, both personally and professionally.
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