Investigating the prisoner finance gap across four prisons in the North East

MEADOWS, Linda, FEASEY, Simon, BIRD, Hayden, DAVIDSON, Joanna and WILKINSON, Katherine (2010). Investigating the prisoner finance gap across four prisons in the North East. Project Report. Department for Work and Pensions.

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Abstract

Within the underpinning context of reducing re-offending of released prisoners, the Prisoner Finance Gap (PFG) has been identified as an issue that is likely to present a significant barrier to the effective resettlement of offenders. The Hallam Centre for Community Justice at Sheffield Hallam University was therefore commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions to conduct an investigation into the PFG within four prisons in the North East: Her Majesty’s Prison HMP Durham, HMP Acklington, Her Majesty’s Young Offenders Institution HMYOI Castington and HMP Low Newton. The research was conducted between April 2009 and May 2010 and included a literature review, semi-structured interviews with strategic and policy stakeholders, staff from prison, probation, voluntary sector agencies and Jobcentre Plus, 51 prisoners and 21 ex-prisoners, and an online survey.

Item Type: Monograph (Project Report)
Additional Information: Katherine Albertson nee Wilkinson
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Hallam Centre for Community Justice
Depositing User: Helen Garner
Date Deposited: 22 May 2013 10:52
Last Modified: 12 May 2021 19:01
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7055

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