Tags are keywords. I put tags on every post to help you find the content you want. Tags may be people (Dominic Raab, say), organisations (The Howard League, PRT), themes (women offenders, homelessness) or specific items (heroin, racial disparity, ROTL). If you’re looking to research a particular issue, they can be invaluable.
Justice Data Lab finds that HMPPS CFO employment intervention cuts reoffending by 8 percentage points for men when delivered in the community.
Clinks Advisory Group reports on employment and training in prisons and the community.
The Good Jobs Project aims to fill job shortages with marginalised talent, including people with criminal convictions.
Hiring with Conviction: Working Chance have published an employers’ guide to recruiting and supporting people with convictions.
An overview of all the HMPPS programmes for employing people in prison and on release.
Working Chance research provides the most up-to-date facts and figures about employer attitudes towards hiring people with convictions.
‘It’s ok if you were in for robbery or murder, but sex offending, that’s a no no’: a qualitative analysis of the experiences of 12 men with sexual convictions seeking employment.
Black women with criminal records face harsher barriers to employment – report from Working Chance
HMPPS relaunches its New Futures Network website. NFN brokers partnerships between prison & employers.
The New Futures Network (NFN) is a specialist part of the prison service that brokers partnerships between prisons and employers.
Sam Boyd of Switchback makes the case that a job alone is not enough for prison leavers.
New Unlock report paints a stark picture of confusion and inconsistency when it comes to managing risk around criminal convictions.
