12:47pm Friday 19th March 2010
A SCHEME which is aimed at reducing reoffending rates for short-term prisoners in Britain’s jails has been launched by the Justice Secretary Jack Straw.
The six-year Social Impact Bond pilot scheme will begin in the summer .It will see around 3,000 short-term prisoners, serving less than 12 months, receiving ‘intensive interventions’ both in prison and in the community.
Jack Straw, Blackburn MP, said: “Reducing reoffending is one of the Government's highest priorities.
“Between 2000 and 2008, the frequency of adult reoffending fell by 15.9 per cent.
“But we are always looking at new ways of further reducing reoffending that provides value to the taxpayer.”
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