Week Eighteen - Employment After Prison

Question 1

Employment 2013-14

Answer 1

In 2013­–14 only a quarter of prisoners enteredemployment on release from prison. Outcomesfor women are significantly worse than for men

Question 2

General…

Answer 2

45% of women leaving prison are reconvictedwithin one year.For women who have servedmore than 11 previous custodial sentences, thereoffending rate rises to 77%

Short prison sentences are less effective thancommunity sentences at reducing reoffending.People serving prison sentences of less than 12months had a reoffending rate seven percentagepoints higher than similar offenders serving acommunity sentence—they also committed morecrimes.