50,000 prison-leavers to plug labour shortages - think tank report urges

Friday, 5 May 2023 09:00

Centre for Social Justice  proposals to get more prison leavers into work being considered by Government Prisons Minister writing report foreword says “getting more prisoners into work really is a win-win”  Britain would save billions of pounds of taxpayer money and plug many of its more than one million job vacancies if it revitalised its efforts to get prisoners into work when they leave jail, according to a major new report.   Nearly...Request free trial