Psychiatric needs of people under Probation supervision 'unmet'

Half of those people subject to probation who have a mental health problem also have at least one or more other issues, such as substance misuse, family problems or unstable accommodation.

People convicted of a crime and supervised by the Probation Service have twice the level of mental health problems than the general population, new research shows.

And half of those people subject to probation who have a mental health problem also have at least one or more other issues, such as substance misuse, family problems or unstable accommodation.