Employers give prisoners a go

Work and training schemes can be a game- changer for inmates, writes

by Corrections’ employment agency to work in logging, horticulture and transport, says Cunningham.

Corrections’ strategy for placing former offenders involves wraparound services to ease them into their new lives. “They are wellscreened and we are dealing with people who have done their time and are willing and motivated to work,” says Cunningham.

Other organisations such as The Salvation Army also run reintegration