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Our housing, justice, substance misuse and education services work alongside people to help them succeed. And we campaign together to create lasting change. Find us online at nacro.org.uk

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Nov 28

Our new research on disadvantaged young people launches today! Find out more: tinyurl.com/4s6bs7c

> Quarter usually/always feel lonely
> Only 1/5 think their generation will have a better life than the previous one
> Media on young people is 2x negative than positive

#TruthAboutYouth

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · 2d

Danusia Iwazko's play 'Penned Up' shows the transformative power of education in prison, based on her experience of teaching in prison for 15 years.

Danusia explains that many men she met had no role model or confidence before- but writing ignited their "energy and ambition"👏

Big Issue @bigissue.com · 2d

Penned Up, a new drama by Suffolk-based playwright Danusia Iwaszko, draws on her 17 years of teaching in men’s prisons.

Learning how to tell stories gives prisoners a chance at redemption

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · 6d

Social enterprise Tap Social Movement, who employ prison-leavers say employers are "missing out on a lot of talented people" by not hiring ex-offenders"

➡️Nacro offers advice to employers recruiting people with a criminal record, as many employers have very positive experiences: shorturl.at/4Y3p6

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FE News @fenews.bsky.social · 8d

Prime Minister To Transform Further and Higher Education and Invest Nearly £800M Extra Funding For 16–19 Year Olds Next Year

Young people across the UK are set to gain the cutting-edge skills needed to succeed in tomorrow’s workforce, as the Prime Minister today announced a… Prime Minister To Transform Further and Higher Education and Invest Nearly £800M Extra Funding For 16–19 Year Olds Next Year was published on FE News by Gavin O'Meara

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · 8d

⚠️Damning report released today on HMP Pentonville.

Read Nacro's comment➡️https://shorturl.at/8r18z

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · 12d

📢Nacro's CEO Campbell Robb in the Guardian:

"Naming and shaming those on community payback doesn’t deliver justice. It risks pushing people further to the margins. To break the cycle, we must invest in people’s potential – not just punish their past"

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Ministers plan to allow naming and shaming of offenders completing community sentences

Exclusive: critics say the move, part of the sentencing bill for England and Wales, would bring shame upon families of offenders

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · 14d

Chief Executive of Nacro, Campbell Robb, is quoted in Tuesday's @itvnews.bsky.social piece on the @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social report released on Children in custody 2024–25.

Children in this situation need care so they can turn their lives around, not more trauma‼️

Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · 14d

Chief Executive of Nacro, Campbell Robb, is quoted in Tuesday's @itvnews.bsky.social piece on the @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social report released yesterday on Children in custody 2024–25.

Children in this situation need care so they can turn their lives around, not more trauma‼️

Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · 15d

Campbell Robb, Chief Executive at Nacro, responds to today's @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social 'Children in custody' report 2024-2025, he says YOIs are "entrenching disadvantage."

👉Nacro knows it doesn’t have to be this way. We help young people to move on and be who they want to be.
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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · 16d

Interesting read from the Guardian on probation⬇️

"This overstretched service cannot be expected to manage the increased workload that will follow from sentencing reforms… It needs investment, but also human capital; experienced staff who can build relationships."

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The Guardian view on criminal justice reform: community sentencing can’t be done on the cheap | Editorial

Editorial: The chief inspector of probation is right to be anxious about the service’s growing workload

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · 28d

“Lord Timpson was adamant these online check-ins won’t replace in-person appointments with probation officers, which he described as “absolutely crucial”, to the Daily Mirror.

➡️At Nacro, we see everyday how crucial personal relationships are to rehabilitation.

'I pretended to be a criminal to try out latest surveillance tech'

Last time I was testing an alcohol tag - and trying to break it at the pub, this time I was again an offender in the community but now experimenting with a new surveillance survey

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · 29d

💡Did you read Nacro's reaction to last week's Sentencing Bill?

Campbell Robb's response to the Government's reforms: tinyurl.com/33y9xpvk

Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are looking forward to working with David Lammy in his new role as Secretary of State for Justice, in what is an challenging but opportune moment for the criminal justice system.

Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Sep 4

Campbell Robb, Chief Executive, in the Independent discussing the Sentencing Bill - it's important for tagging not to “overly restrict” an offender’s ability to integrate back into society, such as to work or caring responsibilities, as these are “key elements to reduce reoffending” bit.ly/3UXnnwf

Tagging criminals in prison to be trialled to close ‘surveillance gap’

A pilot programme of tagging offenders in prison on the day of their release is set to begin in October.

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Sep 3

Campbell Robb, Chief Executive, in AOL bit.ly/4p6CVvd It's important "that tagging does not overly restrict people’s ability to integrate back into society, for example ensuring that people are able to work or spend time caring for family, as we know these are key elements to reduce reoffending.”

Tagging criminals in prison to be trialled to close ‘surveillance gap’

A pilot programme of tagging offenders in prison on the day of their release is set to begin in October.

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨The Sentencing Bill has been introduced.

The initial focus on tagging is an interesting start to a wider debate about how the Sentencing Bill could transform our justice system to put rehabilitation and reducing reoffending at the heart

Nacro's comment shorturl.at/iaUuD

Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Unless we create real opportunities for rehabilitation inside prisons, this reform risks being yet another sticking plaster on a system in long-term crisis," says John Podmore in a letter to the Guardian ahead of the Government's sentencing reforms⬇️

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Prisoners must get the chance to rehabilitate themselves in jail | Letter

Letter: Former prison governor John Podmore says real opportunities for change need to be created for those incarcerated or Labour’s prison reform will just be a sticking plaster

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Aug 28

Andrea Coady, Head of Policy and Service User involvement to Asian Voice News: More meaningful activity in prison, and better access to employment and accommodation on release needed to increase rehabilitation and reduce the cycle of reoffending.

Read more: shorturl.at/8e8wn

Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Aug 27

🚨Too many children in custody are being failed.

Nacro responds to yesterday's unannounced inspection of HMYOI Feltham by HM Chief Inspector of Prison.

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Aug 27

"Prisoners in Scotland risk having their human rights breached over serious failings in the way complaints are handled, a new report has warned."

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Prisoners at risk of human rights violations, watchdog finds

A report by the Scottish Human Rights Commission discovered serious failings in the ways complaints in the country´s prisons are handled.

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Aug 26

Changes to sentencing due soon from Government, says the BBC.

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Pub and travel bans proposed in sentencing overhaul

Ministers say the reforms are aimed at reducing reoffending and easing pressures on crowded prisons.

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Aug 19

⚠️Prison overcrowding has hit record levels.

Nacro’s recommendations for sentencing reform: shorturl.at/iIYNG

Russell Webster @russellwebster.com · Aug 18

There are 88,273 people in prison today, an increase of 35 people on last week.

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Aug 14

⚠️High recall rates is exactly why we need to invest more in rehabilitative programmes outside prison to ensure root causes of offending are addressed and new release and community measures stick.

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Aug 14

👏Government to provide free bus passes to young people so they can access education and employment opportunities currently out of reach due to fare costs.

"Often, young people turn down job interviews & training because they can't afford bus fares," CEO of Rise Up to BBC News.

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Aug 11

⚠️Our justice system must prioritise rehabilitation.

@theguardian.com letter from @oswinproject.bsky.social: ‘Instead of prison staff “developing relationships with prisoners to help rehabilitation, they were in the office checking release dates due to overcrowding!"

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Only 16% of UK firms are recruiting ex-offenders, research suggests

A new report has claimed a lack of job opportunities for former prisoners is driving reoffending.

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Nacro @nacro.bsky.social · Aug 11

Want help to recruit safely and fairly? See Nacro’s training for recruiting those with a criminal record shorturl.at/PXeNK