The probation officer: ‘I pray Psalm 23 before I interact with prisoners’
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Paul Woolley2024-03-04T13:21:00
The Church is made up of Christians from a myriad of different professions, and yet their ordinary tales of God at work rarely get told. In this series, we bring you stories of faith on the frontline
My name is Loren Stanbridge, and I’m a senior probation officer at His Majesty’s Prison Aylesbury. I became a trainee probation officer in 2006, which was a community-based job. I qualified in 2008 and worked for many years in the community before working in court, and then, just two years ago, moving to work in prison.
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