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New prison wings designed to get offenders clean will receive funding thanks to the government’s 10-year strategy to tackle drug-fuelled crime.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Almost 4,000 ex-offenders have been helped into work since the launch of a major drive to increase employment and cut crime.
The Prisons Minister spoke to a range of leaders from across the justice sector to set out the government’s progress in modernising the justice system.
Alcohol-fuelled crime will be cut as offenders released from prisons in England face alcohol bans and having their drinking electronically monitored from today (15 June 2022).
Prisoners vulnerable to addiction, mental health issues or homelessness will no longer be released on Fridays under new plans to cut reoffending and make streets safer.
Serious offenders to demonstrably prove they no longer pose a risk to public.
Number of Clink Kitchens quadruples since September 2021.
Site in Swansea will pioneer new approach to tackling female offending.
Over the last year, the proportion of ex-offenders in work 6 weeks after release increased by more than half.
More than 97% of offenders on sobriety tags have stayed off alcohol, a year after they were introduced in England following a successful pilot in Wales.
Thousands of offenders will be required to give back to the communities they have harmed in a concerted week-long, nationwide clean-up.
Prison designed from top to bottom with smart technology to cut crime and protect public.
Business experts will spearhead a drive to get prison leavers into stable jobs so they can break the cycle of crime, it was announced today (3 March 2022).
Sixteen prisons across the country to be expanded through new houseblocks and refurbishments.
Prisoners are to be offered apprenticeships for the first time in an unprecedented move to cut crime and address local labour shortages.
Extra 500 staff to oversee 3 million more hours of Community Payback each year.
White Paper sets out path to modern, innovative jails that protect the public and reform prisoners.
Offenders released from prison face being banned from drinking from today (17 November 2021) under world-first plans to curb alcohol-fuelled crime.
Hollesley Bay prison leaver has carved out a new career at HMP Highpoint.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary talked to businesses about how plugging skills gaps with prisoners and ex-offenders can help us to bring down crime.
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