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High number of people being released into homelessness from HMP Norwich, as found in IMB report

"It’s difficult for people to rebuild their lives on the street, without someone supporting them or employment," Andrea Coady Nacro's Head of Policy, @itvanglia.bsky.social

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Danusia Iwazko's play 'Penned Up' shows the transformative power of education in prison, based on her experience of teaching in prison for 15 years.

Danusia explains that many men she met had no role model or confidence before- but writing ignited their "energy and ambition"👏

Social enterprise Tap Social Movement, who employ prison-leavers say employers are "missing out on a lot of talented people" by not hiring ex-offenders"

➡️Nacro offers advice to employers recruiting people with a criminal record, as many employers have very positive experiences: shorturl.at/4Y3p6

⚠️Damning report released today on HMP Pentonville.

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Ministers plan to allow naming and shaming of offenders completing community sentences Exclusive: critics say the move, part of the sentencing bill for England and Wales, would bring shame upon families of offenders

📢Nacro's CEO Campbell Robb in the Guardian:

"Naming and shaming those on community payback doesn’t deliver justice. It risks pushing people further to the margins. To break the cycle, we must invest in people’s potential – not just punish their past"

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Chief Executive of Nacro, Campbell Robb, is quoted in Tuesday's @itvnews.bsky.social piece on the @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social report released on Children in custody 2024–25.

Children in this situation need care so they can turn their lives around, not more trauma‼️

Chief Executive of Nacro, Campbell Robb, is quoted in Tuesday's @itvnews.bsky.social piece on the @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social report released yesterday on Children in custody 2024–25.

Children in this situation need care so they can turn their lives around, not more trauma‼️

Campbell Robb, Chief Executive at Nacro, responds to today's @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social 'Children in custody' report 2024-2025, he says YOIs are "entrenching disadvantage."

👉Nacro knows it doesn’t have to be this way. We help young people to move on and be who they want to be.
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The Guardian view on criminal justice reform: community sentencing can’t be done on the cheap | Editorial Editorial: The chief inspector of probation is right to be anxious about the service’s growing workload

Interesting read from the Guardian on probation⬇️

"This overstretched service cannot be expected to manage the increased workload that will follow from sentencing reforms… It needs investment, but also human capital; experienced staff who can build relationships."

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'I pretended to be a criminal to try out latest surveillance tech' Last time I was testing an alcohol tag - and trying to break it at the pub, this time I was again an offender in the community but now experimenting with a new surveillance survey

“Lord Timpson was adamant these online check-ins won’t replace in-person appointments with probation officers, which he described as “absolutely crucial”, to the Daily Mirror.

➡️At Nacro, we see everyday how crucial personal relationships are to rehabilitation.

💡Did you read Nacro's reaction to last week's Sentencing Bill?

Campbell Robb's response to the Government's reforms: tinyurl.com/33y9xpvk

We are looking forward to working with David Lammy in his new role as Secretary of State for Justice, in what is an challenging but opportune moment for the criminal justice system.

Tagging criminals in prison to be trialled to close ‘surveillance gap’ A pilot programme of tagging offenders in prison on the day of their release is set to begin in October.

Campbell Robb, Chief Executive, in the Independent discussing the Sentencing Bill - it's important for tagging not to “overly restrict” an offender’s ability to integrate back into society, such as to work or caring responsibilities, as these are “key elements to reduce reoffending” bit.ly/3UXnnwf

Tagging criminals in prison to be trialled to close ‘surveillance gap’ A pilot programme of tagging offenders in prison on the day of their release is set to begin in October.

Campbell Robb, Chief Executive, in AOL bit.ly/4p6CVvd It's important "that tagging does not overly restrict people’s ability to integrate back into society, for example ensuring that people are able to work or spend time caring for family, as we know these are key elements to reduce reoffending.”

🚨The Sentencing Bill has been introduced.

The initial focus on tagging is an interesting start to a wider debate about how the Sentencing Bill could transform our justice system to put rehabilitation and reducing reoffending at the heart

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Prisoners must get the chance to rehabilitate themselves in jail | Letter Letter: Former prison governor John Podmore says real opportunities for change need to be created for those incarcerated or Labour’s prison reform will just be a sticking plaster

"Unless we create real opportunities for rehabilitation inside prisons, this reform risks being yet another sticking plaster on a system in long-term crisis," says John Podmore in a letter to the Guardian ahead of the Government's sentencing reforms⬇️

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Andrea Coady, Head of Policy and Service User involvement to Asian Voice News: More meaningful activity in prison, and better access to employment and accommodation on release needed to increase rehabilitation and reduce the cycle of reoffending.

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🚨Too many children in custody are being failed.

Nacro responds to yesterday's unannounced inspection of HMYOI Feltham by HM Chief Inspector of Prison.

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Prisoners at risk of human rights violations, watchdog finds A report by the Scottish Human Rights Commission discovered serious failings in the ways complaints in the country´s prisons are handled.

"Prisoners in Scotland risk having their human rights breached over serious failings in the way complaints are handled, a new report has warned."

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Pub and travel bans proposed in sentencing overhaul Ministers say the reforms are aimed at reducing reoffending and easing pressures on crowded prisons.

Changes to sentencing due soon from Government, says the BBC.

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⚠️Prison overcrowding has hit record levels.

Nacro’s recommendations for sentencing reform: shorturl.at/iIYNG

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⚠️High recall rates is exactly why we need to invest more in rehabilitative programmes outside prison to ensure root causes of offending are addressed and new release and community measures stick.

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👏Government to provide free bus passes to young people so they can access education and employment opportunities currently out of reach due to fare costs.

"Often, young people turn down job interviews & training because they can't afford bus fares," CEO of Rise Up to BBC News.

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Only 16% of UK firms are recruiting ex-offenders, research suggests A new report has claimed a lack of job opportunities for former prisoners is driving reoffending.

⚠️Our justice system must prioritise rehabilitation.

@theguardian.com letter from @oswinproject.bsky.social: ‘Instead of prison staff “developing relationships with prisoners to help rehabilitation, they were in the office checking release dates due to overcrowding!"

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Want help to recruit safely and fairly? See Nacro’s training for recruiting those with a criminal record shorturl.at/PXeNK

26% of employers said they would be happy hiring people with criminal record and 30% said they were indifferent.

Despite UK skills shortages only 16% of employers have recruitment policies to target prison-leavers.

Only 16% of UK firms are recruiting ex-offenders, research suggests A new report has claimed a lack of job opportunities for former prisoners is driving reoffending.

A report has warned that a lack of job opportunities for former prisoners is driving reoffending due to difficulties covering bills after leaving prison: shorturl.at/amb8p

Wednesday briefing: How ​sentencing ​policies ​have led to a failing prison system in the UK In today’s newsletter: From longer sentences to rising recall rates, prioritising punishment over rehabilitation​ could mean a total collapse of our prisons

Nacro's Chair of Trustee's Nick Hardwick was interviewed by the @theguardian.com about current sentencing attitudes:

"Most people are coming out again, and we hope they don’t come out worse. There’s no evidence that longer sentences are a deterrent.”

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