The recommendations stem from a 2.5m, two-year study to improve young offender resettlement services by the PRISE partnership, a group of 27 youth bodies led by youth charity Rainer. It has produced a "resettlement road map" for 16- to 18-year-old offenders that aims to identify and fill gaps in services.
An e2e scheme for young people in custody was piloted successfully in Oldham. The partnership also suggests improving support through trained resettlement mentors who would be matched with young people during their sentences.
Gemma Buckland, senior policy officer at PRISE, said: "It's clear that young offenders experience resettlement as a fragmented process. Many feel poorly prepared for release and find secure accommodation difficult.
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