Great work by Aberdeenshire Council Community Payback unpaid work team at Methlick War Memorial - putting up fences, laying paths & building an arbour, in a project also involving volunteers from the local community and Legion Scotland #smartjustice

Fantastic work on the Mindspace float for the recent #DiverseCiTay parade for #YoYP2018, created by students from Perth High School in collaboration with Perth and Kinross Council Community Payback unpaid work team #smartjustice #workingtogetherforthecommunity

Midlothian Council has been announced as a finalist for the 2018 VIBES Awards. This comes as recognition of the fantastic efforts of the Unpaid Work (Community Payback) service to help make #Midlothian safer and greener. Read more: bit.ly/2zVOK39

Unpaid Work teams have recently undertaken a week long project to support Gorebridge Parish Church’s Foodbank. Well done to all clients, supervisors and volunteers who worked tirelessly to put together 169 Christmas food parcels for those in need across #Midlothian. Great work!

BLOG | Justice & Safety | Christmas - A time for giving... and paying back 👇 blogs.gov.scot/justice-safety… #Scotland #smartjustice #SaferScotland #communitypayback

Updated guidance has been published by @ScotGov for social workers and unpaid work teams involved in delivering Community Payback Orders. People released from a short prison sentence are reconvicted almost twice as often in 12 months as those given CPOs. gov.scot/publications/c…

The unpaid work squad has recently removed fly tipping on the back road between Clackmannan and Linn Mill. ScotGov Justice #smartjustice #justicepriorities socsi.in/vihlz

My Op-Ed in The Press and Journal newspaper on ScotGov Justice presumption against short #prison sentences up to 12 months. Please RT! We need a pragmatic, principled plan and cross-party consensus for change, not stubbornly thrawn cries of "soft-touch justice!" pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/col…

We're often asked, "what is smart justice and why does it work?", so we put together this wee animation to explain! It explores the importance of family and community connections, addressing the underlying causes of crime and employability #smartjustice #PeopleNotProcesses

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has welcomed a drop in the use of short prison sentences in the first statistics published since MSPs voted to extend the presumption against their use to 12 months. Read more: bit.ly/PASSStats #SmartJustice

Today we launch an exercise to recruit independent prison monitors. Could you provide invaluable support by ensuring prisoners’ human rights are upheld and that life in prison contributes to their rehabilitation? Click the link for more information. prisonsinspectoratescotland.gov.uk/get-involved/a…

Meet Davie! He leads the Community Payback Work team, with responsibility for coordinating activities for people who have been sentenced to a Community Payback Order. Read Davie's story: socsi.in/F71VL

Justice Secretary Keith Brown has welcomed the publication of legislation proposing reforms to the way bail and imprisonment are used. Mr Brown welcomed publication of the Bail and Release from Custody Scotland Bill on a visit to HMP Edinburgh. More ➡️ bit.ly/3xkYePA

'That community order saved my life' After Michael Matheson statement Kim blogs for us #SmartJustice ScotGov Justice communityjustice.scot/news/community…

The Aberdeen Problem Solving Approach seeks to reduce the use of short custodial sentences by community disposals justiceinnovation.org/portfolio/prob…

As the cold snap continues, the SBC Community Payback unpaid work team in Galashiels has been out clearing snow to ensure access to and from Heriot Primary and other public areas #smartjustice #justicepriorities

Vital snow-clearing work being undertaken by Perth and Kinross Council Community Payback unpaid work teams outside pensioner homes in Perth this week. Local communities benefited from c1.2 million hours of unpaid work via CP Orders in 2016-17 #smartjustice #resilience #justicepriorities

.Aberdeenshire Council Community Payback unpaid work team have been working to ensure Balmedie beach is more accessible for members of the community using prams or wheelchairs #smartjustice

In 1999 a group of people experiencing poverty laid this stone (a replica of many around the world) in George Square, and Glasgow City Council gave their backing to the principles contained in it. Today we were more than saddened to discover this bin erected on top of it #ibearwitness

How judges can show respect (Victoria Pratt | TEDNYC) ted.com/talks/victoria… via TED Talks