Published on:
19
February 2010
The Council's Criminal Justice Service will formally open its new premises on Tuesday 23rd February.
Sheriff David N. Mackie will unveil a plaque at the Glebe Hall, Burgh Mews, Alloa, which is the new home for the service following the closure of the ALLOA Centre.
You are invited to send a photographer to the opening which takes place at 4pm.
The Council's Criminal Justice Service provides a variety of services to courts and prisons which includes the prison social work unit based at Glenochil Prison and the community team. The community team provides reports to courts, parole boards and the Scottish Prison Service as well as supervising people on probation, parole and community service.
The Glebe Hall is also the new home for the Fife and Forth Valley Community Justice Authority, who have relocated from Kilncraigs. The move will allow the Authority to work in closer partnership with the service. The aim of the Authority is to target services to reduce reoffending and to ensure close co-operation between community and prison services to aid the rehabilitation of offenders.
Councillor George Matchett, Portfolio Holder for Inclusion and Depute Convenor of the Fife and Forth Valley CJA Board, said: "These new premises are in the centre of Alloa making them far more accessible. The Service has a number of partners, who all work together to reduce offending and re-offending, who will also benefit from these new premises. The move of the Community Justice Authority to Glebe Hall will permit much closer working and co-operation with Criminal Justice Services providing an excellent service in the process."
Sheriff Mackie added: "I value the high quality of service I receive from the Council's Criminal Justice team and view the provision of the new premises as both a recognition of the importance of this service to the community and an opportunity for enhancement of those services not least through closer partnership working with the Fife and Forth Valley Community Justice Authority."
Criminal Justice Service's partner agencies include SACRO, APEX, and the Forth Valley Drug Treatment Service, who work together to reduce re-offending and offending behaviour.