Employability: Bringing the bar-riers down

An initiative between industrial manufacturing firm Jablite and HM Prison (HMP) Ford is revealing the benefits of an enlightened approach to those detained at Her Majesty’s pleasure.

A survey commissioned by the DWP in 2016 found that 50% of employers would not consider employing an ex-offender, regardless of the offence or sentence received. With the UK’s prison population standing at more than 84,000 that equates to a lot of people, whose lives are plagued by unemployment. Despite job vacancies in the economy standing at more than 800,000,...

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