Criminal Justice
Principles for the criminal justice voluntary sector
Clinks, the national infrastructure organisation for the criminal justice voluntary sector, has revised its list of key principles and goals.
7th October 2017
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Clinks, the national infrastructure organisation for the criminal justice voluntary sector, has revised its list of key principles and goals.
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includes examples of good practice, checklists and signposts to further information and support.
We know that employment is key to desistance from crime, surely the Prison Service should be doing everything it can to help prisoners reintegrate into the community and go straight?
