Reducing Reoffending

The prison population is projected to reach over 90,000 by 2010, doubling in a generation. Approximately 70% of those given community penalties and 76% of those sent into custody re offend.

The Smith Institute report ‘Advancing Opportunity: Routes in and out of Criminal Justice’ highlights that a third of prisoners lose their home whilst in prison; two thirds lose their job; over a fifth face increased financial problems and more than  two thirds lose contact with their family.

As a provider of services to offenders in 32 prisons and in the community, A4e aims to raise the quality and relevance of offender learning, whilst providing greater join up with external support agencies to tackle barriers to effective resettlement such as debt, drug misuse and homelessness.

If you’d like to know more about these services please get in touch or call us on 0800 345 666

We Black Men of England: Writing from HMP YOI Portland