Justice Committee to examine barriers to employment for offenders
The Justice Committee will explore the issue of barriers to employment for offenders during the second evidence session of the second part of its inquiry into rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending.
Meeting details
MPs on the cross-party committee, chaired by Labour MP Andy Slaughter, will examine how the Government supports offenders into employment, and whether this is working. The session will assess how support is provided in prisons, on release, and for those being supervised in the community.
Discussion will also focus on disclosure of criminal records, and what impact this has on rehabilitation and resettlement efforts.
The Committee’s first report of this inquiry focusing on rehabilitation in prisons, published in November, concluded prison overcrowding, staffing shortages and deteriorating infrastructure is having a ‘profound impact on the ability of prisons to deliver rehabilitation’.