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By Danijela Mrhar Prelić
The Slovenian Probation Service was established in 2018 and work is continuing on its infrastructure and systems. This paper provides an overview of the context in which the legislation was prepared and explores from the outset how the new state body was established. The paper describes the reasons for the establishment of the Probation Administration in Slovenia. It provides an overview of the procedures for the recruitment of staff, the sourcing of premises, the development of ICT systems and a range of project activities. The approach to the preparation of guidelines for practice, training procedures, and networking with the wider local community are outlined. The paper concludes with information on the organisational structure, statistics on the number of probation tasks, and based on the momentum of the last few years, some critical reflections on future developments.