Prisoners who take jobs outside jail have launched a High Court challenge to keep a great share of their wages, claiming too much goes to victim support.
We’re featured in the article as we’re supporting the case. Read the article here.
Category: Employment
The impact of CRB checks on people
We discuss on BBC Radio Essex about the problems that CRB checks cause people with convictions, and how the system should be improved. You can listen to the piece below.
Kent and East Sussex council CRB checks ‘unjustified’
We’re featured in a BBC article that has investigated the use of CRB checks by local councils. Read the article here.
Visit to Northern Ireland / NIACRO / Difficulties with employment interview
Today we’ve been hosted by NIACRO, which is a charity that helps people with convictions in Northern Ireland. They asked us to visit to speak to them about the work that we do, the issues that we face, and to speak to their service user group.
While we were there, we also gave an interview to BBC Radio Ulster, about the difficulties people face in employment. This is available to listen to below.
Discussion on real work in prison
Today we took part in a discussion on BBC Somerset about real work for people in prison. You can listen to this below.
Reforming the ROA, seeking employment, and employers attitudes
We’ve contributed to a number of radio programmes today. There are three different discussions to listen to below.
We’ve been on BBC Radio Kent talking about seeking employment with a criminal record
We’ve been on BBC Radio Tees talking about reforming the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
We’ve been on BBC Radio Kent talking about employing people with convictions
Part 1
Part 2
Employers should not discriminate against reformed offenders
We’ve contributed to a discussion on BBC Tees about the attitudes of employers towards people with convictions
Should minor convictions be wiped from the record?
We contributed to a BBC Radio Wales discussion about minor convictions on police records. You can listen to it below.
Should minor convictions be removed from police records?
We contributed to a BBC Radio 5 Live discussion about where minor convictions relating to offences committed as a child should be wiped from the records?
