The eventual success of the concept will rely heavily on the results of early models, such as the scheme Jones is involved in at Peterborough Prison.
"There is definitely an element of pressure there," Jones, head of community services at the St Giles Trust, says. "But I'm confident we'll achieve the reductions needed."
Reoffending rates for young offenders stand currently at around 75 per cent. Jones is convinced that projects can lower this to below 40 per cent. Some are already achieving better results than this target.
The Daedalus project, of which the St Giles Trust is a delivery partner, includes a unit at Feltham young offender institution, where young offenders who are committed to changing their behaviour stay in a separate unit and receive intensive resettlement support.
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