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08-31-2022, 08:26 PM
Amy Rees ? previously the Director General of Probation, Wales and Youth for HMPPS - will succeed Dr Jo Farrar who will focus on her wider role as Second Permanent Secretary at the MOJ, including digital transformation of justice services.
Under the restructure, following an operating model review led by the MOJ Permanent Secretary Antonia Romeo, Phil Copple will become Director General of Operations for Prisons and Probation.
Both roles will begin on 1 September 2022 and are part of a wider, ongoing agency transformation placing greater focus on the delivery of frontline services ? keeping the public safe, delivering modern prisons that rehabilitate offenders and reducing reoffending.
Having joined HMPPS in 2001, Amy worked in frontline positions at several prisons including HMP Lewes, High Down and Bristol before being appointed Governor at HMP Brixton in 2008.
She has since acted as Executive Director for HMPPS in Wales and was the lead official with the Welsh Government on behalf of the MOJ.
Amy also took on responsibility for the Youth Custody Service, including day-to-day operations and supporting its work to shape the future of children?s services in custody.
Under the restructure, following an operating model review led by the MOJ Permanent Secretary Antonia Romeo, Phil Copple will become Director General of Operations for Prisons and Probation.
Both roles will begin on 1 September 2022 and are part of a wider, ongoing agency transformation placing greater focus on the delivery of frontline services ? keeping the public safe, delivering modern prisons that rehabilitate offenders and reducing reoffending.
Having joined HMPPS in 2001, Amy worked in frontline positions at several prisons including HMP Lewes, High Down and Bristol before being appointed Governor at HMP Brixton in 2008.
She has since acted as Executive Director for HMPPS in Wales and was the lead official with the Welsh Government on behalf of the MOJ.
Amy also took on responsibility for the Youth Custody Service, including day-to-day operations and supporting its work to shape the future of children?s services in custody.