Reoffenders
Commons · Question 28195 · Tabled 3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Josh Babarinde
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the contribution of peer support programs to reducing reoffending rates in the criminal justice system.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 11 Feb 2025
Peer mentoring already plays an important role in supporting rehabilitation within prison and probation services. It is currently used in various ways, including providing lived experience insights of probation community requirements, and direct one-to-on...