The Secretary of State has announced the reappointment of Justin
Russell as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation for a
second term of 2 years. The new term will run from 1 June 2022 to
31 May 2024.
The Chief Inspector of Probation reports directly to Ministers,
but operates independently of government and the services under
its scrutiny. The Chief Inspector has a duty to ensure the
inspection of probation and youth offending services in England
and Wales and to provide independent scrutiny of the quality of
work undertaken with individual offenders.
Appointments and re-appointments are regulated by the
Commissioner for Public Appointments and, have been made in line
with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.
Justin Russell
Mr Russell has spent over 30 years working on a wide range of
criminal justice issues as a researcher, policy maker and major
programme leader and has a long-standing interest and involvement
in probation and youth justice policy. Until January 2019, he was
Director General for Justice Analysis and Offender Policy at the
Ministry of Justice. He has also been the Head of the Home Office
Violent Crime Unit and a Senior Policy Adviser in the 10 Downing
Street Policy Unit and has worked for the Audit Commission and
Mental Health Foundation. He was a non-executive Director of
Turning Point from 2005 to 2011.
