United Kingdom, England and Wales
HM Prison and Probation Service
Justice Transcribe (AI transcription for probation meetings)
OperationalRegulator findingPAI-34140F06
- Body
- HM Prison and Probation Service
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Area
- England and Wales
- Technology
- Justice Transcribe (AI transcription for probation meetings)
- Supplier
- Not stated in the source
- Programme
- Justice Transcribe (Ministry of Justice)
- Status
- Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- 2025
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Not stated in the source
- Evidence
- Regulator finding
Data protection authority, inspectorate or oversight body - Source
- National Audit Office, 14 October 2026
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-34140F06
Notes
The National Audit Office stated on 14 October 2026 that Justice Transcribe, an AI transcription tool that helps probation officers record notes of their meetings with people on probation, was tested and piloted in 2025 and "rolled out to all officers between February and March 2026". It reports that the Ministry of Justice and HMPPS estimate the tool will save around 450,000 hours of officers' time each year, and says the Ministry is exploring its use in other settings, including the prison and courts systems and with the police. The NAO names no supplier. The Ministry's Justice AI Unit page (accurate as of 24 September 2026) says the tool has been scaled to "over 12,000 probation officers" and that "Over 1.5 million meetings have been summarised between 7 October 2025 and 14 September 2026", and lists a pilot of its use for pre-sentence reports. HM Courts and Tribunals Service's planned study of the tool for court transcripts is recorded separately.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HM Prison and Probation ServiceOASys offender risk assessment | United KingdomEngland and Wales | UK Ministry of Justice; technical support from Capita | 2001 | Operational | |
| HM Prison and Probation ServiceAI language analysis of seized prisoner phones | United KingdomEngland and Wales | Not publicly specified | 2025 | Trial | |
| HM Prison and Probation ServiceViolence in Prisons Estimator | United KingdomEngland and Wales | — | 2019 | Operational | |
| HM Prison and Probation ServiceRemote probation check-ins with AI identity matching | United KingdomSouth West, North West, East of England, Kent, Surrey and Sussex | — | — | Proposed |
Other bodies in Justice Transcribe (Ministry of Justice)
All records in this programme| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HM Courts and Tribunals ServiceJustice Transcribe court transcript study (Crown Court) | United KingdomEngland and Wales | — | — | Proposed |
Justice Transcribe (AI transcription for probation meetings) elsewhere in United Kingdom
See them in the tracker| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertfordshire ConstabularyADA (Anathem Digital Assistant) AI witness statement drafting | United KingdomHertfordshire | Anathem | — | Paused | |
| Gloucestershire ConstabularyAI summaries of police interview records | United KingdomGloucestershire | Defence Holdings (Defence Technologies) | 2025 | Trial | |
| Sussex PoliceAI speech-to-text transcription pilot | United KingdomSussex | — | — | Trial | |
| Warwickshire PoliceAI agents auditing investigation quality (Great Wave AI) | United KingdomWarwickshire | Great Wave AI (initial development) | — | Operational | |
| Metropolitan PoliceAI-assisted evidence translation | United KingdomLondon | — | — | Operational | |
| Metropolitan PoliceAI drafting of witness statements from video interviews | United KingdomLondon | — | — | Paused | |
| Police Service of Northern IrelandAI voice-to-text transcription of interviews | United KingdomNorthern Ireland | — | — | Operational | |
| Crown Prosecution ServiceCorrespondence Drafting Tool (generative AI) | United KingdomEngland and Wales | NTT Data UK (supplier); Microsoft Azure OpenAI GPT-4 | 2025 | Trial |