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‘After jail, yoga helped me realise I was not in danger any more’ Yoga classes and breathwork are among the programmes being offered by the rehabilitation charity Switchback to help former inmates get back on their feet

Our latest article for @thetimes.com explores the impact of yoga on young men in the prison system. Switchback Trainee Hamza* explains the mental health challenges faced by men like himself in the justice system, and the role that masculinity plays.

switchbackworks.info/times-yoga

We are holding an optional online Q&A from 6pm to 7pm on Tuesday, 25th November 2025 with Antonia May Cross (Head of Influencing). If you’d like to join and hear more about us and the role, please register by emailing jobs@switchback.org.uk (and you will be sent the link to join).

WE ARE HIRING: HEAD OF INFLUENCING

Deadline - Tuesday 2nd December

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We are looking for someone to build on our fantastic progress shifting policy and perceptions – such as our most recent work influencing government policy on recall. #ReshapeRelease

Calling all videographers!

Switchback is seeking a creative videographer/editor whose values echo and align with ours to help bring an upcoming campaign to life.

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#FreelanceVideographer #LondonVideographer #CreativeLondon #CreativeJobs

We're recruiting Trustees! Are you passionate about supporting young Londoners leaving prison? Do you want to use your finance or fundraising experience to make a difference? You might be just the person we are looking for. Find out more and apply here: switchbackworks.info/trustee-recr...

The Prison Recall Report 2025 in partnership with our Experts by Experience The Prison Recall Report was a piece of participatory action research that demonstrates seven key findings and provides seven key recommendations for urgent change. It forms a part of Switchback’s...

Switchback's Prison Recall Report - a piece of participatory action research - demonstrates seven key findings and provides seven key recommendations for urgent change. Read the report here: switchbackworks.info/Prison-Recal...

It's encouraging to see Parole Board Chair, Caroline Corby supporting the need to reform the prison recall system in the @financialtimes.com

How to solve the prison recall crisis Switchback guest blog on their research into prison recalls.

How to solve the prison recall crisis
@switchbackldn.bsky.social guest blog on their research into prison recalls.
www.russellwebster.com/how-to-solve...

Read the full report below and please email policy@switchback.org.uk if you would like to talk to Switchback and our Experts by Experience Board about this work.https://switchbackworks.info/Prison-Recall-Report-2025

It forms a part of Switchback’s Reshape Release campaign, that aims to platform the role of effective resettlement for people leaving prison, to reduce reoffending and give people a real chance to thrive.

The Prison Recall Report was a piece of participatory action research that demonstrates 7 key findings and provides 7 key recommendations for urgent change.

Our report highlights, amongst other key findings, how good relationships are key to preventing recalls, and yet most survey respondents did not report having a good relationship with their probation officer.

"Jamie regrets that he did not have a relationship with his probation officer, as his officer had changed multiple times during his licence."

Our Prison Recall Report 2025, created in partnership with our Experts by Experience Board includes stories such as Jamie and Kareem's.

The Prison Recall Report 2025 in partnership with our Experts by Experience The Prison Recall Report was a piece of participatory action research that demonstrates seven key findings and provides seven key recommendations for urgent change. It forms a part of Switchback’s...

Switchback has given 7 key findings and recommendations for urgent change so that everyone leaving prison has a real change to thrive and live life differently. Read the full report here: switchbackworks.info/Prison-Recal...

The report includes stories like Lance's, which demonstrate how avoidable recalls and the failure to effectively support people on release from prison is continuing to exacerbate the prison overcrowding crisis.

✍️ Lance's story

Switchback recently published The Prison Recall Report 2025, created in partnership with our Experts by Experience Board (EBE).

Please email policy@switchback.org.uk if you would like to talk to Switchback and our Experts by Experience Board about this work.

It forms a part of Switchback’s Reshape Release campaign, that aims to platform the role of effective resettlement for people leaving prison, to reduce reoffending and give people a real chance to thrive.

The Prison Recall Report was a piece of participatory action research that demonstrates 7 key findings and provides 7 key recommendations for urgent change.

The Prison Recall Report 2025 in partnership with our Experts by Experience The Prison Recall Report was a piece of participatory action research that demonstrates seven key findings and provides seven key recommendations for urgent change. It forms a part of Switchback’s...

📢 Big news: Switchback and our Experts by Experience Board have launched the Prison Recall Report 2025. This participatory action research offers 7 key recommendations to urgently address the recall crisis and its role in prison overcrowding. switchbackworks.info/Prison-Recal...

Great to appear alongside @workingchance.bsky.social and Andy Slaughter on this.

Switchback CEO Sian Williams and barista & former Switchback Trainee Cyril appear in this @channel4news.bsky.social film about why effective resettlement after prison is so important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YZ1...

Criminal justice research symposium | Criminal Justice Alliance Criminal justice research symposium

Justice sector friends! Our Policy & Public Affairs Lead Daniel Rajan Mills is co-hosting a workshop at the Criminal Justice Alliance research symposium on Thursday 8th May around 'Prisons and alternative interventions'. You can register here: www.criminaljusticealliance.org/symposium-20...

Our wonderful Head of Delivery, Charmaine Best, is speaking on a panel for Debt Free Advice next Wednesday. She'll be part of an important discussion around simplifying debt advice for those who most need it, like prison leavers. Get your ticket here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/debt-free-...

We are holding an optional online Q&A from 6.30-7.30pm on Monday 14th April, with Mercedes Turner, Yasin Ali (Delivery Managers), and Ariel Troy (Switchback Mentor). If you’d like to join and hear more about us and the role, please register by emailing jobs@switchback.org.uk

WE ARE RECRUITING - UP TO 6 NEW MENTOR ROLES

Deadline: 10am on Monday 28th April 2025

As a Switchback Mentor, you will play a vital role in transforming the lives of young prison leavers.

A future free from homelessness starts now | Crisis UK Join us to urge the UK Government to build more social homes, fix our support systems and prevent homelessness before it starts. This will help end homelessness once and for all.

A future free from homelessness starts now. Join the Crisis campaign to urge the UK Government to build more social homes, fix our support systems and prevent homelessness before it starts. That's how we can end homelessness, once and for all.

www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved...

Thank you @bobbywdean.bsky.social for raising a question in the House of Commons today on supporting and investing in effective resettlement for prison leavers #ReshapeRelease

3. Chief Inspector of Probation, Martin Jones, meeting with our EBE board 🤝

Stay tuned for more updates from Switchback HQ in what's already shaping up to be a busy year #ReshapeRelease

2. EBE member Sage and our Public Affairs and Policy Lead Daniel speaking at the Crisis Homelessness Summit. They were part of a panel on 'Ensuring people don't leave prison and hospital into homelessness' 🏠