There must be a relentless focus upon putting resettlement at the heart of a custodial sentence, so that young people can take the important steps they need to move on from crime, identify and achieve their goals, and flourish in our communities.
Understanding of offender mental health needs must improve to prevent increasing prison suicides, says Nacro Chief Executive, Jacob Tas. Read more.
Earlier this year, Nacro was approached by the Learning and Work Institute to take part in national research on the roll out and implementation of the Government’s traineeship programme.
See Nacro’s response to the 2017 Queen’s speech. “While the Queen’s speech inevitably focused on Brexit, the government must not take its eye off the ‘injustices’ in this country, which the Prime Minister rightly referred to…”
See Nacro’s response to DCLG homelessness figures.
The government organisation has announced that it will be working with our Beyond Youth Custody programme. Read more.
There is clear consensus about the urgent need for the next government to deliver a viable funding arrangement to secure the future of supported housing.
Our Resettlement Advice Service is currently being featured in Eastenders on the poster in the background.
On Monday 8 May, Jacob Tas took part in a live BBC Radio 5 Live interview, as part of a piece discussing reoffending rates.
Nacro fully supports the Court of Appeal ruling which concluded that the current DBS filtering regime is ‘disproportionate’ and ‘insufficiently safeguarded to be lawful’.
