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(Ex)-Offenders

With the prison population reaching all time highs and an estimated one fifth of all working age population having a previous conviction, work with current and ex offenders is vitally important for building safer communities and reducing crime.

Many factors are involved in determining the likelihood of a person reoffending but current estimates suggest that 18% of all crime is committed by ex-prisoners.

Each month an estimated 1,200 prisoners (2005) are released back into the London Region and many will seek the support of voluntary sector agencies in facing various challenges to their successful reintegration.

The introduction of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) also means that many voluntary sector agencies are now responsible for delivering services to ex offenders.

The information provided below is designed to help all those working to reduce re-offending.

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External Links

• London Probation
  London Probation works with offenders to protect the public and reduce re-offending in London.
  www.probation-london.org.uk
  
  
• NACRO
  A crime reduction charity that runs over 200 projects in England and Wales, working with ex-offenders, disadvantaged people and deprived communities.
  www.nacro.org.uk
  
  
• National Offender Management Service (NOMS)
  NOMS is the system through which central government commission and provide correctional services and interventions in order to protect the public and reduce re-offending. By 2010 NOMS aims to have made a significant reduction in re-offending rates.
  www.noms.homeoffice.gov.uk
  
  
• The Black Self Development Project (BSDP)
  BSDP is an innovative rehabilitation programme that works with black and ethnic minority offenders. It is rooted in the concept of Black perspectives and has been developed by Black criminal justice workers over the last 15 years. BSDP is a project of the London Action Trust.
  www.lat.org.uk/ourworkblackselfdevelopment.html
  
  
• Clinks
  Clinks works to strengthen and develop the partnershiop between the voluntary and community sector and the Prison and Probation services in England and Wales.  
  www.clinks.org
  
  
• Revolving Doors Agency
  The UK's only charity dedicated to improving the lives of people who are caught up in a damaging cycle of crisis, crime and mental illness.
  www.revolving-doors.co.uk
  
  
• Prison Reform Trust
  The Prison Reform Trust aims to help create a just, humane and effective penal system by inquiring into the workings of the system, informing prisoners, staff, and the wider public and influencing government and officials towards reform
  www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk

Downloads and Resources

• London Resettlement Strategy
  A link to download the strategy including Phase II and the London Reducing Re-offending Action Plan 2007-09
  www.gos.gov.uk/gol/
  
  
• Reducing Re-offending by Ex-prisoners
  A comprehensive 2002 report produced by the Social Exclusion Unit on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
  archive.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/