Life After Prison Research: |
Life after prison can be very hard for people as they have spent a considerate amount of time away from their families and the whole routine of everyday life. Also, from statistics show that the majority of ex-prisoners reoffend within a couple of years of being released. In addition to this, recently released prisoners find it hard to sort their lives out once they have been released as not many employees will employ ex-prisoners as they are seen as untrustworthy. So for an ex-prisoner they have to take little steps at a time to be able to 'live' again.
Finding a Job:
Finding a job at the moment within today's society is hard enough for anyone who is looking, but for a offender it has to be even harder. However, there is The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, which states that those with certian convictions do not have inform their employers about their crime when aplying for a job after a period of rehabilitation. In addition to this, within the prisons, prisoners get to do a course of their choice for them to build a qualitifaction so it would be a little easier for them to find and substain a job.
Here are some websites that I have found which gives more information about offenders finding a job:
http://www.workwithoffenders.co.uk/pages/view/main%20guidance
http://campaigns.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/155summ.asp
http://www.cvtips.com/job-search/how-ex-offenders-can-find-a-job-.html
Housing:
Some offenders do not have a home they can go too once they have been released, for these offenders the Government alongside external partnership companies help offenders find a house whether it will be in a hostial or in a council house. However, it tends to be the local concils job to help find housing for an offender, but there are charities that help too like 'Shelter'. Within Wales, they created a project which looked at the arrangements and pratice accommodating offenders from 18 years old and over. In addition to this, apparently the Government are trying to get private landlords to house offenders, so they will not be tempted to re-offend in the future.
Here are some websites that I have found which gives more information about housing for offenders:
http://www.wlga.gov.uk/english/accommodation-and-ex-offenders-project
http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice?gclid=CLiso
http://www.nacro.org.uk/who-we-are/what-we-do/prisons-and-resettlement,75,NAP.html
http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2010/11/03/housing-ex-offenders-in-the-private-sector/
Support for Families:
Is not just the offender that has to get use to life outside of prison, there are the families of the offender that have to get to how their lives were like before the prison sentence. Furthermore, if the offender has a supportive family they are unlikely going to re-offend in the near future; apparently there is a 39% higher an ex-prisoner will re-offend within a year of their release if they have no visits. In addition to this, there are a number of organisations that help support families when their love one is in prison as well as when the prisoner gets released.
Here are some websites that I have found which will give you more information for support:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/reducing-reoffending-supporting-families.htm
http://www.prisonersfamilies.org.uk/Developingsupportservices/?id=124
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