In any one month 100 children would walk out of Ashfield Young Offender Institution and 30 would be homeless, says Vicky O'Dea, former governor at Ashfield.
"I was really frustrated, these kids were going out and within 10 weeks they had managed to breach their licence and were back in."
With just over 75 per cent of young offenders committing an offence within a year of leaving custody, according to the Ministry of Justice, the importance of providing young people with a stable home environment once released is clear.
A rare study into the impact of resettlement on reoffending, published in 2005, estimates that, done effectively, it can reduce the risk of reoffending by 40 per cent.
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