Regional Offender Manager
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There has been a Regional Offender Manager (ROM) for each of the nine English Regions and Wales
since 2004/5, when the National Offender Management Service
within the Home Office
was created to oversee correctional services in England and Wales. Their establishment was part of the process begun by the Carter Report (2003) which had recommended a new service to bring the roles of the National Probation Service
and prisons closer together in the management of offenders.
ROMS are responsible for the improvement of the performance of the providers in their respective regions with which they have service level agreements (in the case of public sector prisons and probation areas) and contracts (in the case of private sector prisons). They are also accountable for the reduction of reoffending in their regions, which they seek to effect through multi-agency partnerships between the agencies and other government departments which can influence the factors which are known to increase the likelihood of offending, such as problematic alcohol or drugs use, inadequate or no accommodation, physical and mental health, and finance, debt and benefit problems.
Following the restructure of NOMS in 2008, Prison Area Managers and ROMS were merged into one office working to a new post, the Director of Offender Management (DOM) in each region. The two areas that piloted this ([Wales] and [London]) however no longer have a ROM at all, instead the workload has been directly transferred to the new DOM.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
since 2004/5, when the National Offender Management Service
National Offender Management Service
The National Offender Management Service is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice responsible for the correctional services in England and Wales...
within the Home Office
Home Office
The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security, and order. As such it is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service . It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs,...
was created to oversee correctional services in England and Wales. Their establishment was part of the process begun by the Carter Report (2003) which had recommended a new service to bring the roles of the National Probation Service
National Probation Service
thumb|right|100px|NPS logoThe National Probation Service for England and Wales is a statutory Criminal Justice Service, mainly responsible for the supervision of offenders in the community and the provision of reports to the criminal courts to assist them in their sentencing duties...
and prisons closer together in the management of offenders.
ROMS are responsible for the improvement of the performance of the providers in their respective regions with which they have service level agreements (in the case of public sector prisons and probation areas) and contracts (in the case of private sector prisons). They are also accountable for the reduction of reoffending in their regions, which they seek to effect through multi-agency partnerships between the agencies and other government departments which can influence the factors which are known to increase the likelihood of offending, such as problematic alcohol or drugs use, inadequate or no accommodation, physical and mental health, and finance, debt and benefit problems.
Following the restructure of NOMS in 2008, Prison Area Managers and ROMS were merged into one office working to a new post, the Director of Offender Management (DOM) in each region. The two areas that piloted this ([Wales] and [London]) however no longer have a ROM at all, instead the workload has been directly transferred to the new DOM.