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Ex-offender Lennox Rogers speaks out as probation service covering Kent is told it requires improvement

14:29, 04 September 2019

updated: 14:30, 04 September 2019

Our top story today in today's KentOnline Podcast is about the probation service which manages the most dangerous offenders in Kent after they are released from prison, as a report says it requires improvement.

Inspectors have found, on average, officers were managing more than 42 cases each in the county and surrounding region - the highest in the country.

More than half of staff - who manage over 16,000 offenders - said they felt their work-load was 'unmanageable'.

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