You’re hired! Encouraging the employment of ex-offenders

Document type: Report
Author(s): Lockhart, Gavin; Ullmann, Ben; Chant, Julian
Publisher: Policy Exchange
Date of publication: 4 September 2008
Subject(s): Trends: economic, social and technology trends affecting business, People management: all aspects of managing people

Collection: Business and management
Material type: Reports

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Each year, in England and Wales approximately 66,000 offenders return to society from prison and almost two-thirds will re-offend within two years - with unemployment seen as the most significant barrier to successful reintegration. This report investigates ways of encouraging the employment of ex-offenders, as a way of reducing these figures as well as helping to address the skills shortage.