Steve Dagworthy’s story: Prison as opportunity
Steve Dagworthy tells how his prison experience led to the birth of a new company which helps other prisoners and their families cope with imprisonment.
20th May 2017
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Steve Dagworthy tells how his prison experience led to the birth of a new company which helps other prisoners and their families cope with imprisonment.
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Introducing a new series with ex-prisoners who have turned their lives around and now work in the criminal justice sector telling their own stories.
Probation Inspectors found that public probation in Northants was adequate but private probation poor despite the potential of an innovative model.
HMI Probation inspection of Gwent found a high-performing public NPS and a “troubling” private CRC which was supervising low risk offenders by telephone.
Valuable report from Beyond Youth Custody rounds up the key learning about young people’s desistance from 16 projects taking place over the last 5 years.
Despite an increase in the number of women sentenced in English & Welsh courts between 2011-2015, the number of community sentences fell by 28%.
An excellent new resource from i-HOP aimed at all practitioners working with children to help them cope with the arrest and/or imprisonment of a family member.
Invaluable report from Women in Prison assesses implementation of Corston Report & highlights 5 key priorities for immediate action for women in justice system.
Jack Cattell of Get the Data takes a deep dive into the first set of published reoffending rates from the new private Community Rehabilitation Companies.
