Prison ‘job centres’ and enterprise link-ups assist increase ex-offender employment
Prison "job centres" and hyperlinks with massive companies are behind an increase within the variety of ex-offenders discovering work after time inside, in response to the Ministry of Justice.New figures for England and Wales present 640 prisoners discovered employment six weeks after being launched within the yr to March 2023, in contrast with 487 a yr earlier.
It represents 19.4% of all inmates launched.The quantity in work after six months was 715 (30.4% of all these launched) - up from 573 the yr earlier than and 394 two years in the past.Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, in his first interview since taking up the place from Dominic Raab, mentioned these in regular jobs are 9% much less prone to reoffend."The offenders speak about the dignity that comes with this, the discipl...