PRT comment: Ministry of Justice funding for women’s community services
Commenting on the announcement today by the Ministry of Justice, Jenny Earle Women’s Programme Director for Prison Reform Trust said:
“Whilst any additional funding to divert vulnerable women from the criminal justice system is welcome, £2.5m for women’s support services will have to be very thinly spread if it is to include establishing a residential women’s centre in Wales. The government needs to confirm adequate sustainable funding for struggling women’s services, now more critical than ever to ensuring hard-pressed police, courts and prisons have somewhere safe and effective to refer women for help in turning their lives around.”
Commenting on the announcement today by the Ministry of Justice, Jenny Earle Women’s Programme Director for Prison Reform Trust said:
“Whilst any additional funding to divert vulnerable women from the criminal justice system is welcome, £2.5m for women’s support services will have to be very thinly spread if it is to include establishing a residential women’s centre in Wales. The government needs to confirm adequate sustainable funding for struggling women’s services, now more critical than ever to ensuring hard-pressed police, courts and prisons have somewhere safe and effective to refer women for help in turning their lives around.”
