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Myself and others were rightly in Prison for the punishment part of a sentence
But rehabilitation/preparation for release needs to be focused on for those still in Prison as it's not a priority,
This should include training for employment and if needed a hostel place with support
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More hostel places need to be available for those leaving Prison so they've got a bed and support and for a longer stay than 3 months,
3 months doesn't give people enough time to adjust to society gain ID etc and look for move on accommodation
Things need to change to save lives
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Brilliant teams meeting with NAPO,
Myself and others with Lived Experience of the Criminal Justice System are going to be doing a series of Podcasts about our experiences of being Mentors with Probation and how we help others to turn their lives away from committing crime
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I mentor Ex-Prisoners at a hostel and they tell me,
Prisons are becoming more violent due to poorly trained Officers and more people getting Whole Life Orders/longer sentences with nothing to lose,
Officers need better training to manage Prisoners who will never get released
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Meeting with Auditors at the hostel I Mentor at to hopefully get them their much deserved Enabling Environment accreditation which I hope they've managed,
Then a session with 3SC (East Midlands Neurodiverse Strategy Coaching)
About how I can better support people at the hostel
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I've questioned English PATRIOTS about this on X not one has replied,
After Lee Rigbys Murder in 2013 his mother Lyn Rigby
said Lee loved humanity and would not want his name used to incite Islamaphobic attacks,
These PATRIOTS do the opposite using his name to stir racial hatred
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I think Calamity Lammy's idea of speeding up the process for those from Ethnic minorities/working class backgrounds to become Solicitors is good,
At present there are very few and recruiting more will mean ordinary people from all backgrounds can also be Barristers and Judges
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As an Ex-Lifer I mentor people at a Hostel in the East Midlands helping them settle in the community todays session was really positive,
This coming Tuesday I'm at an Enabling environment meeting with Auditors to hopefully get the hostel their well deserved certificate
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IPP basics:
Began in 2003 to detain people indefinitely who were considered dangerous scrapped in 2012,
Have small MINIMUM terms but due to Mental health/Poor Prison behaviour/Courses for progression unavailable many remain in Prison,
Some recalled to Prison for various reasons
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Custard and Snotty have gone to bed early 😴😴😴😴
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The MOJ want to punish parents if a child commits a crime,
They could be really well behaved at school and at home,
But with their friends they could be shoplifting drug dealing or being violent etc
How is a parent supposed to know or monitor what they do outside the family home
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People that commit crime deserve punishment 100%,
Some deserve Whole Life Orders or Extended sentences,
People can be rehabilitated in MOST cases but it has to come from within when they are ready to change,
We as society shouldn't automatically tar everyone with the same brush
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I've got a phone call about my Mentoring/Prison experience with @paula_harriott the CEO of the UNLOCK charity this afternoon,
Next Tuesday a regional Ex-Prisoner Mentor meeting and a session supporting newly released people at a hostel to help them adjust to society on Friday
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Well I've had a few days in Skegness with my partner and pooches,
Now back to the East Midlands to carry on my Mentoring work helping Ex-Prisoners like myself to resettle back into society and turning their lives around
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It's obvious Staff bring in the majority of contraband and not Drones as the MOJ have you believe,
Drug tests are hardly done these days which is surprising as when I was in Prison I was tested voluntarily weekly and had mandatory tests regularly,
No wonder jails are chaos
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The positivity just gets better
It looks like myself my EPOP Coordinator and some other Mentors,
We're are all either EX- Prisoners or have completed Community Payback are going to do a Podcast with NAPO
(National Association Of Probation Officers) about our Mentoring work
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I live in a small town and we are lucky to have 11 Pubs within a 5 to 15 minutes walk of each other,
They've all recently been refurbished so they must be doing well for the breweries to invest in them,
This is good to see as sadly many areas of the UK are losing Pubs daily
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Busy afternoon,
I'm at an East Midlands forum for us Ex-Prisoners who now Mentor people newly released to adjust to society,
We're looking at setting uo more Q&A sessions with Criminology Students/Trainee Probation Officers and expanding our role in other Probation hostels
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