October 2025 monthly summary for HMPOs development work focusing on business value and technical progress across the ministry of justice record-a-recall project.

June 2025 monthly summary focused on stabilizing recall data flows, enhancing data integrity, and broadening API coverage across hmpps-remand-and-sentencing-api and hmpps-record-a-recall. Delivered feature work to support safer, more maintainable recall processing, alongside targeted fixes to prevent data corruption and streamline reconciliation.

May 2025: Delivered substantial enhancements across the recall ecosystem, focusing on data integrity, migration readiness, and secure access. Key outcomes include: Key features delivered: - Recall Deletion and Lifecycle Enhancements (hmpps-remand-and-sentencing-api): fixed deletion of recall data when sentences are removed; added a deletion endpoint; ensured proper handling of previousRecallId in deletion events to maintain data consistency, enabling reliable lifecycle management. - Return to Custody Date Integration (hmpps-remand-and-sentencing-api): added returnToCustodyDate support across RecallEntity and LegacySentence DTO; enables migration and display of return-to-custody dates for recalls, with accompanying tests and updates. - Mapping and Data Alignment for NOMIS Integration (hmpps-remand-and-sentencing-api): improved NOMIS recall data mapping accuracy by enhancing sentence type mappings and related event metadata for recalls. - Legacy Recall Sync Endpoints and Access Control (hmpps-remand-and-sentencing-api): added legacy recall synchronization endpoints, enhanced recall search and access control to support bulk retrieval and secure access. - Recall Feature Access Control (hmpps-record-a-recall): introduced role-based access control by adding the ROLE_RECALL_MAINTAINER role to the stubbed sign-in response and applying authorization middleware, ensuring only recall-maintainer users can access recall functionalities. Major bugs fixed: - Recalled deletion edge-case when sentences are removed: ensured consistent deletion across systems with updated events and endpoints (commit references include 76128ae8cb0076cf87f0dc5c2162e70644caa73d, ce1ff6c70c9e6540f5d53c9f113932ad1c91b1b3, 77ba737265737a4fb12783a59ece95ef34b4445d). Overall impact and accomplishments: - Improved data integrity and lifecycle hygiene across recall data, reducing risk of orphaned references and inconsistencies when sentences are modified. - Migration- and analytics-ready data model with Return to Custody Date support, enabling better reporting and user experience. - Secure, scalable access to legacy recall data via new endpoints and role-based access controls, supporting bulk retrieval and governance requirements. - Demonstrated end-to-end improvements across three focus areas: data correctness, interoperability with NOMIS, and security/compliance. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Java/Spring Boot REST services, DTO mappings, and endpoint design. - NOMIS data integration and event metadata mapping improvements. - Test coverage updates corresponding to data model changes. - Role-based access control and middleware for sensitive recall data.

April 2025 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/hmpps-remand-and-sentencing-api: Focused on extending recall period handling and advancing data migration to NOMIS recalls, aligning with RAS for auditability and cross-system interoperability. Delivered two major capability areas: (1) Period Length Mapping Enhancements to support SOPC and recall periods, with updated calculation types and CUSTODIAL_TERM logic, and new tests; (2) NOMIS Recalls Integration with Recall Data Migration and Schema Updates, including recall-specific entities, migration refactors, and updated recall table schema. These changes improve recall processing accuracy, compliance, and system readiness for future recall-related work. Technologies demonstrated include API back-end development, data migrations, schema evolution, test-driven validation, and cross-system integration.

January 2025 focused on delivering data-driven prisoner workflows and centralized backend configuration to improve accuracy, reduce manual updates, and enable scalable UI changes across three core repositories. The work enhances start-page, home-page, and things-to-do experiences by relying on backend data rather than static flags, enabling more reliable decision support for staff and more maintainable features for future iterations.

November 2024: Implemented a data integrity feature for the HM Prison and Probation Service remand and sentencing workflow. Delivered warrant vs appearance sentence-length consistency check that validates the total sentence length entered for a warrant against the sum of individual sentences for an appearance, and exposes a user-facing page to acknowledge or correct discrepancies. The change tightens data consistency between warrant and offence records, reduces downstream reconciliation effort, and supports regulated data accuracy.