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3 unusual facts about National Offender Management Service


National Offender Management Service

In January 2008, the Secretary of State for Justice announced major organisational reform which resulted in the Director-General of Her Majesty's Prison Service, Phil Wheatley, becoming the Chief Executive of NOMS, and assuming responsibility for both the National Probation Service (NPS) as well as HM Prison Service and management of contracts for private sector operation of prisons and prisoner escorting.

NOMS was created on 1 June 2004 following a review by Patrick Carter (now Lord Carter of Coles), a Labour-supporting businessman.

Helen Edwards succeeded Martin Narey as second Chief Executive of NOMS in November 2005.



see also

Helen Edwards

after=Phil Wheatley
As Director-General,
National Offender Management Service