A training centre at HMP Standford Hill, on the Isle of Sheppey, aims to teach inmates trade skills.

Prisons must focus on rehabilitation to cut reoffending, says chief inspector. Published. 29 December 2023. Share. close panel. Share page. Copy link. About sharing. By Harrison Jones . BBC News.

Last week, the Justice Secretary announced "landmark" sentencing reforms and said they would help cut crime, boost rehabilitation and reduce reoffending.

Al-Ghaili believes shifting the focus from punishment to rehabilitation will lower prisoner reoffending rates and “could enable them to reintegrate into society sooner and contribute to the ...

Smell detectors could be installed in criminals’ homes or prison cells to monitor their illegal drug use. The detector, which ...

Compounding the challenge is the increasing number of inmates, particularly foreign nationals, and the rising cost of food ...

After 14 rehab attempts that were unsuccessful in treating his disease, Washington said the thing that worked was a two-year jail sentence for armed burglary in 2009.

The British government is to rollout the use of medication to suppress the sex drive of sex offenders, as part of a package of measures to reduce the risk of reoffending and alleviate the ...

Education, training and rehabilitation need to become the primary focus of jails, the chief inspector of prisons in England and Wales has said. Charlie Taylor told the BBC that a "fundamental ...

Charlie Taylor says a "fundamental reorientation" of prisons is the only way to reduce reoffending. ... Prisons must focus on rehabilitation to cut reoffending, says chief inspector. 29 December 2023.