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Housing probation staff and offenders under the same roof could help deter them from reoffending. 

 

That's the view of the Department of Home Affairs which has moved its officers to a new hub at Tromode House in Cronkbourne Village. 

 

It says combining probation services and living accommodation - when the bail hostel relocates - will promote a more 'integrated offender management system'.

 

Probation officers will become more involved in reparation, intervention and restorative justice - Geraldine Martin is the head of community rehabilitation: 

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