The Probation Board for Northern Ireland is a community-based Board with the status of a Non-Departmental Public Body. It has a number of functions which are laid down in legislation: to carry out assessments and provide reports to Courts which are designed to make a contribution to the decisions which Magistrates and Judges make in relation to sentencing; to supervise offenders in the community and to have staff who work in prisons providing a range of services.
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