MOJ Launch New Strategy for Rehabilitation of Female Offenders

The Ministry of Justice has today launched their new strategy to improve rehabilitation for female offenders.

• government announces new pilots for 5 residential women’s centres across England and Wales
• greater focus on innovative community provisions to keep women away from prison
• the government will not pursue plans to build community prisons for women
• Lord Farmer will conduct an in-depth review into family ties – around a quarter of female offenders have dependent children

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/secretary-of-state-launches-dedicated-strategy-to-break-the-cycle-of-female-offending

 

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