"Officials said in September that they planned to give probation officers the power to take and publish the names and pictures of individuals ordered by courts to tidy grass verges, litter-pick or scrub graffiti. Nearly 5m hours of unpaid work was carried out in the year to April 2024. Amid a planned rapid expansion of community payback, officials argued that publishing the names and photos of offenders would demonstrate to the public that justice was being delivered."
"The plans, first disclosed by the Guardian, would have seen people convicted of minor criminal offences having details of their cases and their community work publicised on government websites and promoted through local media. But after concerns that the material could be used to humiliate the children of offenders, the Ministry of Justice has accepted an amendment to the sentencing bill which will remove the right to publish offenders' names and photographs."
Ministers abandoned plans to photograph, name and shame people ordered to complete unpaid community work. The proposal would have publicised details of minor offenders and their community work on government websites and via local media. Concerns arose that publication could humiliate offenders' children, prompting the Ministry of Justice to accept an amendment removing the right to publish names and photographs. Community payback orders require between 40 and 300 hours of work, often while wearing hi-vis jackets marked community payback. Officials had argued publication would show justice being delivered, but senior probation figures warned it could increase dropout rates.
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