PRT comment: Prison education and employment strategy
Commenting on the publication of the Ministry of Justice’s education and employment strategy today (24 May 2018), Peter Dawson, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said:
“This is a welcome strategy full to the brim with good intentions. It could make a big difference to the families and communities to which prisoners return on release.
“But almost none of those good intentions set a date for when they will be delivered, or how many people will benefit. We have heard many of these promises before.
“So the government must take this opportunity to show it means business. It must deliver a National Insurance holiday for employers, not just consider it. It must get thousands more prisoners into workplace release on temporary licence, not just consult about it. And it needs to say how many more prisoners will end up with a job when all these good intentions have turned into reality.”
Commenting on the publication of the Ministry of Justice’s education and employment strategy today (24 May 2018), Peter Dawson, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said:
“This is a welcome strategy full to the brim with good intentions. It could make a big difference to the families and communities to which prisoners return on release.
“But almost none of those good intentions set a date for when they will be delivered, or how many people will benefit. We have heard many of these promises before.
“So the government must take this opportunity to show it means business. It must deliver a National Insurance holiday for employers, not just consider it. It must get thousands more prisoners into workplace release on temporary licence, not just consult about it. And it needs to say how many more prisoners will end up with a job when all these good intentions have turned into reality.”
