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Sunday, April 29th, 2012
Benefits changes aim to end cycle of re-offending
Friday, April 27th, 2012Prisoners should be able to make a claim for benefits before leaving custody.
Release date need not be something to fear
Friday, April 27th, 2012Leaving custody ought to be a day to look forward to, but for many women in prison it is a day they fear.
‘I don’t know what I would have done without Women’s Work’
Friday, April 27th, 2012Sex workers or women with drug and alcohol problems are among those who are being helped by the charity Women’s Work.
Prisoners do the spade work for Tools Shed
Friday, April 27th, 2012Tools Shed, a recycling programme that repairs broken garden implements in men’s prison workshops to distribute to schools and community gardens, plans to start work with women’s prisons.
Getting a basic bank account
Friday, April 27th, 2012Advice for women in prison and ex-offenders on getting a basic bank account from Charlie Dixon of Halifax.
Number of female prisoners soars
Friday, April 27th, 2012The number of women in English prisons has more than doubled to 4,211 over the past 15 years as a result of much harsher sentences, according to a report by the Prison Reform Trust.
Charity boss teaches inmates about money
Friday, April 27th, 2012Simone Haynes swaps high finance for life behind bars teaching financial literacy to inmates.
