My hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I said earlier, employment is crucial, because we know that if those who leave prison are in work within a year of leaving prison, they are much less likely to reoffend. That is why one of our manifesto commitments was setting up employment councils in our prisons—bringing together prison governors and local employers to make sure we are doing everything we can to drive down rates of reoffending. We will have more to say on that in the coming weeks and months.
Prison Capacity
Proceeding contribution from
Shabana Mahmood
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 18 July 2024.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Prison Capacity.
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