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Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending

Inquiry

The Justice Committee has launched its inquiry into Resettlement and Rehabilitation, which is centred around investigating the cycle of reoffending.

HM Prison and Probation Service aims to reduce reoffending by rehabilitating the people in its care through education and employment. However, reoffending in England and Wales remains high. For the year ending December 2023, 78% of all offenders cautioned or convicted for an indictable offence in 2023 had at least one prior caution or conviction.

The Committee has decided to investigate the journey of an offender through the criminal justice system and examine what offer of rehabilitation and resettlement the offender has the ability to engage with, to prevent future reoffending.

The inquiry sets out to look at what the regime offer is in different prisons and for different prisoner cohorts. It will also look at services in prison and whether they encompass principles of desistance and purposeful activity. The inquiry will also investigate governance in prisons, including staffing and contracting, and to what extent it impacts the ability to deliver rehabilitative services in prison.

The inquiry will also look at what support is available for ex-offenders’ post-release, and whether there is sufficient join up, data sharing and capacity of these services to deliver effective resettlement services. The inquiry will also consider alternatives to custody, and what impact licence recall conditions have on promoting resettlement, and the role of community sentencing.

Read the terms of reference for more detail about the inquiry, and to submit evidence.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 17 January 2025.

Work news

Justice Committee to hear evidence on health and well-being services in prisons and in the community

The Justice Committee will hear from NHS England and service providers working across health and well-being services in prisons and in the community during the fourth evidence session of its inquiry into rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending.

Justice Committee to hear evidence on the day to day running of prisons

The Justice Committee will hear from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, the National Chair of the Independent Monitoring Boards and HM Chief Inspector of Prisons during the third evidence session of its inquiry into rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending.

Justice Committee to hear evidence on prison education

The Justice Committee will hear from education providers and experts during the second evidence session in Parliament on Tuesday 11 March of its inquiry into rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending.

Justice Committee to hold first evidence session of its rehabilitation and resettlement inquiry: ending the cycle of reoffending

Justice Committee to hold first evidence session of its rehabilitation and resettlement inquiry: ending the cycle of reoffending

31 January 2025

Specialist Advisers sought for inquiry into Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending

The Justice Select Committee seeks to appoint up to three Specialist Advisers for its inquiry into the rehabilitation and resettlement of offenders

28 January 2025

Justice Committee launches new inquiry into rehabilitation and resettlement

The Justice Committee launches its first new inquiry of the Parliament entitled ‘Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending’

26 November 2024

Contact us

Email: justicecom@parliament.uk
Phone: 0207 219 3939 (general enquiries)
Address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA