By Bob Wylie
An independent report on re-offending has found that using reformed ex-prisoners as advisors to those leaving prison reduces the numbers of offenders who go back to jail.
The Edinburgh University report on the Wise Group’s Routes out of Prison project finds that ex-offenders who joined the project are 20 per cent less likely to go back to prison than the average prisoner on release.
Scotland’s Secretary of State, Michael Moore, says there might be important lessons to learn from this:
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