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London Drug and Alcohol Network Criminal justice system and resettlement 16 December 2010

London Drug and Alcohol Network Criminal justice system and resettlement 16 December 2010. Latest stats on those in prison What the pathway looks like for: Those who are homeless Those with substance misuse issues Barriers to these pathways What are community sentences?

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London Drug and Alcohol Network Criminal justice system and resettlement 16 December 2010

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  1. London Drug and Alcohol Network Criminal justice system and resettlement 16 December 2010

  2. Latest stats on those in prison What the pathway looks like for: Those who are homeless Those with substance misuse issues Barriers to these pathways What are community sentences? Good practice in resettlement Outline

  3. 64% using drugs before custody 44% assessed as drinkers Drugs 48% prison, 32% probation Alcohol 19% prison, 32% probation 74% of women had drug problem 12% mental illness/depression 20% emotional/m. health problem Latest stats

  4. Adults remand local prison, little help Young people, remand centre, ditto Adults sentenced sent to local prison Longer-term prisoners moved on Young people sent to YOI or secure estate Pathway

  5. Induction – 2 hours to several weeks Address outstanding outside problems Accommodation protection schemes Some tenancies closed down in return for promise of rehousing Those who are homeless

  6. Picked up on arrival or MDT Limit to what local prisons can do More opportunities in training prisons Problem is many substance misusers serve short sentences CARAT teams run alongside other substance misuse services Those with substance misuse: 1

  7. For those wanting to come off drugs, there are drug-free wings, therapy regimes, acupuncture, special gym Have seen prisoners physically rebuilt But variations in service and drug misuse in prison: 19% of prisoners used heroin for first time inside Those with substance misuse: 2

  8. Physical + mental state of prisoners: drug users have multiple problems Prison environment: those on remand may not get help at all 3 months min; 12 months plus max But prisoners need to be highly motivated to overcome challenges 1: Barriers to these pathways

  9. Concentrated support different to environment they return to, either in prison or on release; liable to relapse Stripped of drug-using friendship groups interest of treatment staff, they have nothing to fall back on Decreased tolerance to drugs 2: Barriers to these pathways

  10. Lack of continuity between treatment in prisons and community: Poor funding streams The wrong sort of help on release: people need therapeutic and social support on release, not medical interventions 3: Barriers to these pathways

  11. Poor resettlement provision in general: Accommodation: 20% lose contact with families; third homeless prior to imprisonment; third lose their homes Green Paper: 15% were homeless or insecure housing; 9% sleeping rough 37% of prisoners need help in finding a place to live 4 Barriers to these pathways

  12. Homeless statistics made simple: 70% don’t have housing issues at all Of remaining 30%, third go to family + friends, third to private-rented sector It’s remaining 10% that are problem Local authority/housing associations, hostels/supported housing will not take them 5 Barriers to these pathways

  13. Work: employers don’t want to know them and they’re not job ready SEU: 66% unemployed prior to prison 13% national rate; two-thirds rarely had stable employment; many never worked Two-thirds lose their jobs; 80% writing skills, 65% numeracy skills, 50% reading skills at or below 11-year old 6: Barriers to these pathways

  14. Skills required for 96% of jobs Basic skills level and unemployment rate for 18-20 years significantly worse Green Paper: almost half (47%) of prisoners had no qualifications, and 13% never had a paid job 7: Barriers to these pathways

  15. Benefits: it takes weeks; SEU 72% were in receipt prior to prison, 5 times general rate, 48% history of debt, ditto Unstructured time: don’t even have the structure provided by the prison day and plenty of time to worry about future No support; turn to drug-using friends 8: Barriers to these pathways

  16. Mid-range sentence of the court Sentencing tariff under 1991 CJA Community order: courts can add additional requirements including ATR and DRR, which replaced DTTO Don’t know how they work in addressing housing/complex issues What are community sentences?

  17. Best examples are ‘Through the Gate’ schemes run by St Giles Trust et al Nacro runs Milestone’s Project and until recently Pyramid Project Green Paper proposing drug recovery wings; intensive treatment options in community; and replicating network of community projects for women Good practice in resettlement

  18. DS Austerity League Gameweek 17 Ambridge Adventurers32 Barrett’s All Sorts52 Any questions?

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