probation department

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probation
noun[U]
uk
/prəˈbeɪ.ʃən/us
/proʊˈbeɪ.ʃən/
a period of time when a criminal must behave well and not commit any more crimes in order to avoid being sent ...
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department
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/dɪˈpɑːt.mənt/us
/dɪˈpɑːrt.mənt/
a part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a particular area of study ...
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(Definition ofprobationanddepartmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Then, there was theprobationdepartment.
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I speak as a former assistant in aprobationdepartment.
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Oneprobationdepartmentwas only able to offer one course for lifers and nothing else.
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That brought in the media and meant that theprobationdepartmenthad to provide accommodation in a new force area.
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We found in every prison that theprobationdepartmentwas struggling to provide a service at all, let alone something resembling what was required.
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This is done by a county employee, usually theprobationdepartment.
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Unsupervised probation does not involve direct supervision by an officer orprobationdepartment.
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During that period, theprobationdepartmentalso did not have the resources to immediately collect samples.
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All prisons provide detoxification, education and counselling facilities to prisoners with substance misuse problems via the prison health care centre,probationdepartmentor community drug agencies.
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Where that supervision is undertaken by a body other than a social services department or aprobationdepartment, it will be subject to social services inspection.
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First, when women are in trouble like that, they often go to an organisation such as the citizens' advice bureau or to the social services department orprobationdepartment.
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All prisons have for some time provided detoxification, education and counselling to prisoners with substance misuse problems via the health care centre, theprobationdepartmentor community drug agencies.
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It is further alleged that proper medical treatment of plaintiff's battered child syndrome would have included reporting her injuries to local law enforcement authorities or juvenileprobationdepartment.
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