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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/risk-to-public-from-probationers.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Harry Fletcher, Napo's assistant general secretary" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-risk-to-public-from-probationers.jpg" alt="Harry Fletcher, Napo's assistant general secretary"/></a></p>
<p>More than four out of five offenders in probation hostels pose a high or very high risk to the public, figures showed today.</p>
<p>Terrorists, murderers, rapists and child sex offenders were being housed in the approved premises across England and Wales, the probation union Napo said.</p>
<p>Harry Fletcher, Napo&#8217;s assistant general secretary, warned that as higher risk offenders were now being sent to such hostels, budget cuts and proposed privatisation were &#8220;bound to compromise public safety and increase the risk of reoffending&#8221;.</p>
<p>Almost 90% of the offenders were subject to multi-agency public protection arrangements (Mappa) and at least 19 offenders were regularly monitored by police, the union&#8217;s study found.</p>
<p>Of the 455 men studied in more than a fifth of the hostels in England and Wales last month, 374 were deemed to pose a high or very high risk and 399 were being monitored by Mappa.</p>
<p>This included 183 sex offenders, 216 men convicted of violent offences, and four other dangerous offenders.</p>
<p>A further 24 were convicted of arson, terrorist offences or drug dealing, 18 were persistent prolific offenders and 10 were on bail.</p>
<p>&#8220;Sex offenders and those convicted of violence and terrorism must be supervised at the highest level possible,&#8221; Mr Fletcher said. &#8220;It is of deep concern therefore that the Government is cutting probation hostels&#8217; budgets and considering privatisation.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cuts of 15% over the next four years and introducing a &#8220;profit motive&#8221; with private providers &#8220;will undermine supervision and compromise the relationship between the police, probation and other statutory agencies&#8221;, he said.</p>
<p>Probation hostels are &#8220;a vital resource for probation&#8217;s public protection strategy&#8221;, he said, adding that it was far better for offenders to be in hostels than dispersed in the community. Over a 24-hour period, an average of 11 staff were working in each of the 23 hostels studied, with each housing an average of 20 offenders.</p>
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