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The government has been urged to save taxpayers' money by funding jobs for ex-offenders. | The government has been urged to save taxpayers' money by funding jobs for ex-offenders. |
A report by the Policy Exchange think-tank says more than £300m a year could be saved if organisations were paid to hire people released from jail. | A report by the Policy Exchange think-tank says more than £300m a year could be saved if organisations were paid to hire people released from jail. |
Pay-outs could go to private companies, public sector organisations and charities who took on ex-convicts. | Pay-outs could go to private companies, public sector organisations and charities who took on ex-convicts. |
Re-offending costs taxpayers in England and Wales £13bn a year, with jobless ex-offenders most likely to re-offend. | Re-offending costs taxpayers in England and Wales £13bn a year, with jobless ex-offenders most likely to re-offend. |
The report recommends organisations could get more money for employing ex-offenders who were "most difficult to place". | The report recommends organisations could get more money for employing ex-offenders who were "most difficult to place". |
Getting offenders into work on release should be the Government's number one priority. Susan Anderson, CBI class="" href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5303">Send us your comments | |
It notes unemployed ex-offenders are twice as likely to return to a life of crime, compared to those who find employment after leaving jail. | It notes unemployed ex-offenders are twice as likely to return to a life of crime, compared to those who find employment after leaving jail. |
Arranging employment for the 66,000 people who are released from jail in England and Wales each year would save £300m, it says. | Arranging employment for the 66,000 people who are released from jail in England and Wales each year would save £300m, it says. |
Vicious cycle | Vicious cycle |
Co-author Ben Ullmann said: "Placing ex-offenders in employment is the key to tackling re-offending rates, reducing the high costs of crime and making communities safer. | Co-author Ben Ullmann said: "Placing ex-offenders in employment is the key to tackling re-offending rates, reducing the high costs of crime and making communities safer. |
"By using the structures already in place for welfare-to-work programmes, the government could take real strides in breaking the vicious cycle of crime and re-incarceration." | "By using the structures already in place for welfare-to-work programmes, the government could take real strides in breaking the vicious cycle of crime and re-incarceration." |
Business leaders and prison charities welcomed the proposals. | Business leaders and prison charities welcomed the proposals. |
Susan Anderson, of the CBI, said: "The criminal justice system still needs to do more to help offenders turn around their lives and get back on the straight and narrow. | Susan Anderson, of the CBI, said: "The criminal justice system still needs to do more to help offenders turn around their lives and get back on the straight and narrow. |
"Getting offenders into work on release should be the Government's number one priority." | "Getting offenders into work on release should be the Government's number one priority." |
Crime prevention | Crime prevention |
The crime reduction charity Nacro said getting ex-offenders into jobs was "one of the best forms of crime prevention." | The crime reduction charity Nacro said getting ex-offenders into jobs was "one of the best forms of crime prevention." |
Nacro chief executive Paul Cavadino said: "The community benefits financially when ex-offenders become contributing, tax-paying members of society." | Nacro chief executive Paul Cavadino said: "The community benefits financially when ex-offenders become contributing, tax-paying members of society." |
The right-of-centre Policy Exchange has been the subject of controversy when one of its reports described some northern British cities as "beyond revival". | The right-of-centre Policy Exchange has been the subject of controversy when one of its reports described some northern British cities as "beyond revival". |
It led Conservative leader David Cameron to distance himself from the think-tank, describing the report as "absolute rubbish". | It led Conservative leader David Cameron to distance himself from the think-tank, describing the report as "absolute rubbish". |
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