Resettling ex-offenders and prisoners is one of the most effective ways of tackling crime, by reducing people’s risk of reoffending. But many people leave prison with inadequate resettlement support, and fall back into criminal activity.

Through our extensive work delivering innovative resettlement services around England and Wales, we have developed specialist expertise in effective resettlement activities. This enables us to provide advice and expertise to a wide range of prisons, government and other agencies. The following services combine to provide a one-stop shop for professionals:

• Resettlement consultancy in prisons We work closely with prison governors and other prison staff to help develop positive regimes with resettlement advice projects.

• Resettlement training We run regular training courses at the Prison Service College and at individual prisons, including training prisoners as peer advisers. We have developed specialist training material, including on dealing with older prisoners and managing money.

• Resettlement Plus Helpline offers information and advice to professionals working with prisoners and ex-offenders – as well as to individuals and their friends and family members.

• Resettlement Service Finder Our online database holds details of more than 10,000 community services for ex-offenders, creating a valuable resource for professionals working in the field
  
• Resettlement provision in prisons We run resettlement advice services in nearly 40 prisons.