The Irish Prison Service and the Probation Service have worked closely together, over many years, to help prisoners reduce their risk of reoffending and to make a positive contribution to their communities, through proactive sentence management and the provision of prisoner resettlement programmes.

This document sets out an interagency strategic plan for how the two organisations will continue to develop and co-ordinate our joint working, in conjunction with our statutory and community and voluntary sector partners, to further improve outcomes in our shared objectives, to help create a safer and fairer Ireland.