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The Justice Committee’s latest report on Transforming Rehabilitation highlights staffing, the voluntary sector, Through the Gate and costs.
Justice Committee calls for proper regulation of debt enforcement bailiffs and body worn cameras.
Justice Committee calls for reinvestment in prisons and probation and ban on sentences less than one year.
MoJ response to Justice Committee gives clues to Transforming Rehabilitation version 2.
The key issues identified by the Justice Committee in its inquiry into the part-privatisation of probation.
Justice Committee demands review into alternative system for delivering probation by February 2019.
While the 18-25 age group is one that offends the most, young adults have the greatest potential to make the transition to a crime-free adulthood while the brain is still developing.
A criminal record acts as a barrier because it labels a person as an offender & prevents them from developing a prosocial identity by gaining employment.
The House of Commons Justice Committee launched an inquiry into how the government is doing in improving the probation system on 12 October 2017.
Bob Neill, Chair of the Justice Select Committee updates us on the Prisons and Courts Bill and the other work of the Committee to the end of the 2017 parliament
Justice Committee rejects the idea of prison league tables and highlights industrial relations with both governors & staff as key obstacle to prison reform.
Justice Committee: Dealing effectively with young adults while the brain is still developing is crucial for successful transitions to a crime-free adulthood
