All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Knife Crime
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Read our response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Knife Crime, ‘Back to School?’.
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The Queen’s Speech (2019)
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In response to the Queen’s Speech today, Nacro CEO Campbell Robb commented: “We all share the aim of reducing crime and reducing the number of victims of crime. However, the sentencing proposals in today’s Queen’s Speech do nothing to tackle this.
Friday releases from prison face an almost impossible challenge
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Hundreds of people are released from prison every day with nowhere to live, no job and unable to buy the basics.
New Offender Accommodation Pilot announcement
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Read our response to the new Offender Accommodation Pilot announcement.
How children leaving custody are being “set up to fail”
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Read our response to HMI Prisons and Probation report on youth resettlement, stating that children leaving custody are being “set up to fail” through lack of support.
Times Educational Supplement: teaching trauma-informed students
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Nacro Education staff were featured in a Tes article about the safe havens that secure mental health units can provide for traumatised young people.
MHCLG on number of households in temporary residence
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Read our response to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) figures regarding the number of households in temporary residence.
Responding to HMI Probation FOI figures (2019)
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Read our response to Ministry of Justice figures regarding homelessness amongst people leaving prison.
Making the film ‘Out of Time’
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Read the blog by the filmmaker, Lilka Szerszynska.
Continuing student progression success
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Nacro learners continue to make strides in their progress, with GCSE pass rates increasing for the third year in a row and eight of ten students securing a job, an apprenticeship or a place on a further education course.