[North West Probation (2024)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: the Lancashire Release Booklet is a booklet – published in four languages – distributed to prisons releasing people back into the area, and includes details of all the available services in the area, for prisoners to use in planning for, and after, their release.
Keywords: health, substance misuse, resettlement
[West Midlands Probation (2024)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: the CRIB (Community Resettlement and Integration Board) at Hewell Prison brings together a wide range of agencies – both in prison and outside – to help ensure that no prisoner leaves the establishment with unaddressed resettlement needs.
Keywords: resettlement
[North Lanarkshire Council (2024)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: the ‘Bridges and Beyond’ scheme run by N. Lanarkshire criminal justice social work (CJSW) provides an assertive outreach to those released from prison after less than 4 years, as this is a group whihc does not receive any statutory supervision in Scotland.
Keywords: resettlement
[HMI Probation (2023)]
Summary of the evidence base in relation to resettlement work in youth justice settings. [From HMI Probation’s Evidence base (YOS)].
Keywords: young people, resettlement
[HMI Probation (2023)]
Between January and October 2022, six youth justice services were rated ‘Outstanding’ in resettlement. This guide seeks to share the practice from these services to help improve practice in this area. [From HMI Probation’s Effective Practice series].
Keywords: young people, resettlement
[Prison & Probation Ombudsman (2023)]
This learning lessons bulletin summarises the learning from PPO investigations into the deaths of those who died within 14 days of release from prison.
Keywords: resettlement, health
[HMI Probation (2023)]
Academic insights report, reviewing the evidence base on how best to support people as they leave prison and transition back into the community. [From HMI Probation’s Academic Insights].
Keywords: resettlement
[Yorks & the Humber Probation (2023)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy runner-up: The Departure Lounge outside New Hall offers a comfortable and welcoming environment to newly released women, where they can get a warm drink and snacks, use a phone and charge their own, plan their onward journey, and get information and guidance from the centre’s staff.
Keywords: resettlement, female offenders
[Clinks (2022)]
Report by Neil Hazel, commissioned by Clinks, on resettling young people in the community, including recommendations on best practice. [From the Clinks online Evidence Library].
Keywords: young people, resettlement
[London Resettlement Partnership (2022)]
Online resource hub on the “constructive resettlement” approach to resettling young people in the community.
Keywords: young people, resettlement
