UK Ministry of Justice Green Paper Published
The UK Ministry of Justice has published a green paper entitled “Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders.” The paper details the Ministry’s commitment to introducing a 'revolution' in the rehabilitation of offenders, and identifies getting offenders into work as a key priority for breaking destructive cycles of crime. It proposes working with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to improve learning and training; working with the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure that offenders’ needs are met by national welfare-to-work programmes; engaging employers to work with offenders; and reforming the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act to reduce unnecessary obstacles to successful rehabilitation. To read the full report please click here.
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