Probation staff fight back tears as they tell LBC about the conditions they work under
Numerous chances were missed to recall a Jordan McSweeney to jail in the days before he stalked and killed the law graduate in east London.
"So, actually, what we need is action and we need accountability. We need accountability not just from people on the front line, these are managers, these are leaders that have failed here. Because if assessment isn't correct, it means the leaders are making mistakes." Police said within hours of him being recalled, officers attended an address linked to McSweeney to arrest him, but he wasn’t there.
He told LBC: “While it is impossible to say whether he would’ve been brought back to prison before Zara was murdered, what we can say is that if he had been recalled earlier the opportunities for police to arrest him and bring him back to custody would have been maximised.” Another probation officer who's been in the job for nearly 30 years said all of their long-term colleagues have left the profession because of high pressure.
Mr Russell’s review found McSweeney’s risk of causing serious harm was underestimated and that it should’ve been escalated from ‘medium’ to ‘high’ based on information surrounding his history of violence and behaviour while in custody, including the possession of weapons Mr Russell told LBC: “Clearly the balance between medium and high-risk assessments isn’t as accurate as it should be. There are high-risk people who Are being missed and assessed as being medium risk.
One key issue that is yet to be addressed is an improvement in communication between prisons and the probation service, while staffing levels are also causing major issues with officers complaining of workloads being “unmanageable”.
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