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Hopes newly launched training course to cut prisoner re-offending rates

Feb 26, 2024 08:52 By Shannonside News
Hopes newly launched training course to cut prisoner re-offending rates
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The Retrofit Skills Course will be piloted in Wheatfield and Midlands prisons.

It's hoped new training courses for prisoners nearing release, will prevent them from re-offending.

The Retrofit Skills Course will be piloted in Wheatfield and Midlands prisons from today, with a view to rolling them out more broadly if successful.

Retrofitting is seen as a highly desirable skillset amidst a construction skills shortage.

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Higher Education Minister Simon Harris it'll give those leaving a second chance:

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