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Recently left prison and claimed Universal Credit? What do you think to the DWP’s guidance?
Last year the Department for Work and Pensions created some new guidance to help people leaving prison understand how to claim Universal Credit. To look at how effective the guidance…
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Prison sentence
…contact them? A prison sentence is decided by the courts. You can contact the relevant court. Does it involve guilt? Yes – the sentence is decided after a guilty verdict….
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Personal Story
Have your say on mental health conditions in prison
If you’ve had experience of being in prison (or being transferred between a prison and a secure hospital) while having mental health conditions, or if you have a friend or…
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Unlock on Prison Radio talking about the changes to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
We’ve recorded a piece with the Prison Radio Association as part of their ‘Outside In’ programme, which is run in partnership with the BBC andgets aired across the prison radio…
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Unlock responds to review of education in prison
…process, particularly in ensuring that people leaving prison are properly prepared for life with a criminal record through improved education in prison. You can download our response to the review…
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“What we need now is action” – Unlock’s view on the prisons white paper
For all the talk of rehabilitation, the proposals offer little that we haven't seen before.
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Advice
Opening a basic bank account before release
…in prison. Each bank has ‘adopted’ a number of prisons, allowing over 100 prisons to support account applications using a standard ID template. It’s not perfect. Prisons don’t always make…
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Moving on: Getting insurance if you’ve been to prison
…written as a series of questions and answers and a copy of the article can be found below. I’m just about to leave prison and have been told that it…
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Personal Story
Staying positive and being resilient – my journey from prison to normality
…from prison after serving four years of an eight year sentence for conspiracy to defraud. From the outset, I have maintained my innocence and stated that trust and stupidity are…
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We must encourage and support employers to recruit people from prison
Whilst government announcements last month to reform prisons and improve prisoner education are welcomed, much more needs to be done to encourage and support employers to recruit people with a…
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