Youth resettlement - what's that about? In this context, resettlementfollowing time spent in custody.
Ah, so it's about housing. More than that. In 2002, the Social ExclusionUnit published a sobering report called Reducing Reoffending byEx-Prisoners.
It included some devastating material on the characteristics of thechildren and adults who become involved in crime, and end up inside.Being in care, unemployment, drug and alcohol problems, abuse anddomestic violence, mental health issues, estrangement from school, and adisproportionate number with learning disabilities - a catalogue ofdisadvantage that needs to be addressed across the board. If their liveswere so out of kilter before being locked up, how are they to return totheir community and stay out of trouble when released?
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