The Centre for Adolescent Rehabilitation, known as C-Far, is seen by many as an example of best practice. The Prison Reform Trust has been lobbying the Government on its behalf and the Conservative Party has said it supports the scheme.
But Trevor Philpott, C-Far's chief executive, said it faces closure because of a lack of Government funding. He is working with four colleagues to raise the 250,000 needed to save the Devon-based centre. All other staff, except two caretakers, have been laid off and all ex-offenders on residential programmes have been moved elsewhere.
C-Far ran a programme called Life Change for 18- to 24-year-olds that consisted of an 11-week residential followed by nine months of support in the community. Philpott said the programme cost 24,000 per person, compared with 37,500 for a place in prison.
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