Mike Guilfoyle was a probation officer and regular columnist and a great friend of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
He died on 19 November 2023 after a long battle with cancer.
The annual Mike Guilfoyle Prize was established by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and Napo in 2024 to honour his memory.
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Mike Guilfoyle was a probation officer and regular columnist and a great friend of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
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An unexpected spell in prison risks derailing one student’s university ambitions
An unexpectedly challenging supervision and two completed programmes
One man’s ambition to change is tested in temporary hostel accommodation
When practicing empathic supervision leads to self-understanding of painful memories
A supervision aided by locum Mental Health social worker addressing medication concerns
An uncertain but ultimately successful supervision with resonances to current events
How management diktat can create barriers to establishing necessary connection
Reading about racial injustices in US policing brings to mind a memorable supervision in the UK
A challenging case involving statutory responsibility for supervision
A case for relationship-building over impersonal recall decisions
Learning from the compassion and determination of a more experienced colleague
Reflecting the impact on one prisoner's progress when a model prison is put in closed conditions
Mike Guilfoyle reflects on the difficulties working with homeless service-users
His recollections stood out for me not least because of his thoughtful judicial commitment to reducing the penal urge to incarcerate, as well as to creatively tap into the healing…
I had just finished reading it when a past supervisory experience that resonated with her mott
Mike Guilfoyle remembers a service-user's apprehension of meeting a psychologist
Mike Guilfoyle considers the missed interventions and desistance struggles in supervision
Whilst I do recall an irate prisoner during a prison visit threatening to dispatch my then line manager in similar tones, what clicked into place, when reading this moving and…
The phrase, 'all coppers are bastards' often shortened to a pejorative acronym, was very much a piece of wall graffiti I recall from the 1970s.
I have arranged dozens of headline speakers over many years and thought that I might be allowed a forgivable departure from casework recollections in today's post.
The memorably alliterative phrase used was 'punitive passions pulsate' and the unsettling emotions evoked by this telling expression centred on an encounter whilst…
In my monthly reflection pieces for this website, I evoke vignettes drawn from my past probation practice, reflections prompted in part after delving into some of the books…
That is, how to manage in the first few weeks in the community on a meagre allowance of £46, known as the prison discharge grant.
Whilst reading, I felt painfully constrained, thinking of whom I might include in this month’s post.
One recurring memory in particular prompted this post. When I first was introduced to Sharky (not his real name) it was in a slightly unconventional setting.
Long-term friend of the Centre, Mike Guilfyole, about his time as a probation officer
Mike Guilfoyle remembers a supervisory experience with a positive outcome
Mike Guilfoyle remembers Ramon who was the victim of an unforgiving decision
Mike Guilfoyle remembers 'Donal' and his struggle with alcohol dependency
Mike Guilfoyle asks how prisoners reclaim their places in society, and not simply be forgotten behind bars
I had an insight when reading the critical re-examination of female desistance by Roger Matthews et al.,
Mike Guilfoyle reports on the positive outcome of his meetings with Arnold
Mike Guilfoyle considers how his experience with 'Harry' was affected by changes to the Probation Service
Mike Guilfoyle considers one consequence of Chris Grayling's ill-considered probation reforms
In another reflection from his time as a probation officer, Mike Guilfolye remembers 'Billy'.
Building trust takes time, effort, commitment and a shared belief in the process
Reflecting on the importance of offering emotional support to probation service clients