Rehabilitation of Offenders 2021-06-29
2021-06-29
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The question focuses on the steps being taken to rehabilitate offenders and ensure they can secure stable accommodation, employment, and treatment for substance misuse.
What steps his Department is taking to rehabilitate offenders. I am concerned about the factors driving reoffending and the need for a job, stable accommodation, and treatment for substance misuse.
We are working across Government to support people into a job, stable accommodation and treatment for substance misuse. We have announced a £200 million investment in third-sector providers that deliver specialist rehabilitation services.
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The question addresses the need for measures that would enable those leaving prison to be properly trained and briefed on how they can secure housing, job opportunities, and benefits.
What further measures does he intend to introduce to ensure that prison governors enable those people leaving prison to be properly trained and briefed on how they can get not only housing, but job opportunities and benefits if they qualify for them. This is to prevent them from reoffending when they leave prison.
We are investing more than £20 million in a landmark new accommodation service providing up to 12 weeks of accommodation for prison leavers. We want to introduce housing specialists in 20 prisons and prison work coaches, as those who leave with a job reduce their chances of reoffending by 9%.
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The question discusses the employment advisory board scheme at HMP Berwyn, which involves business leaders and prison coaches to secure employment for offenders on release.
HMP Berwyn is one of the largest and newest prisons in Britain and has been chosen as a pilot site for the Ministry of Justice's employment advisory board scheme. I invite the Minister to Wrexham to see the businesses that are putting their faith in the justice system and to sample one of Berwyn's award-winning custodial pies.
I would be delighted to visit her in Wrexham to see the great work of the employment advisory board. Getting more prison leavers into jobs is key to cutting crime, as it reduces the chance of reoffending by 9%. I congratulate her and all those she is working with on their fantastic work at Berwyn.
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