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Leading UK bosses join mission to get thousands more prisoners into work
More than 90 business experts have been enlisted as prison employment advisors to help drive thousands of prison leavers into work and away from a life of crime. Bosses from top firms [...]
What I learned visiting Alaska’s only maximum-security prison
The reforms at the Spring Creek prison show what can be done when people are treated humanely and prepared for life on the outside. Having spent two and a half years in prison by the t [...]
Drug decriminalisation policy ‘could help with criminal and social issues’, Irish report finds
Decriminalisation is the removal of criminal penalties for possession of drugs for personal use. A REPORT ON efforts to decriminalise drugs in Ireland and four other jurisdictions has [...]
Cumbria Chamber hosted by Haverigg Prison for recruitment event
CUMBRIA Chamber invited members and other local businesses to Haverigg Prison to explore ways of employing prisoners and ex-offenders. Haverigg, which is situated near Millom in South [...]
These companies see advantage in putting former inmates to work
Colorado attorney general hopes to reduce recidivism with Fair Chance Hiring initiative Three years ago, Drew Patterson moved his company from Greeley to the town of Buena Vista, in pa [...]
Opinion – The failures of education in prison are criminal
If the prison system provided decent education then rehabilitation outcomes would be so much better, says Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector at Ofsted Prison education is in a dire s [...]