HC 314 - Women Offenders: Follow-Up

Download or read book HC 314 - Women Offenders: Follow-Up written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Justice Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a report following up its previous work on women offenders, the Justice Committee concludes that positive steps are being made in meeting the needs of women offenders, including improving the support available to help them take responsibility and improve their lives, and says it is important that this is sustained by the next Government. The report draws attention to a number of caveats to this assessment, including the minimal progress in reducing the number of women in custody. The Committee welcomes the cross-government focus on reducing women's offending following the establishment of the Advisory Board on Female Offenders. This has resulted in a clearer direction of policy towards women offenders. The Committee considers that it is too early to assess whether this constitutes the best approach to steering an effective high-level strategy. The Committee is encouraged by the personal determination of the current Minister, Simon Hughes MP, to reduce the women's prison population but it is concerned that the high turnover of Ministers chairing the Board might have impeded progress on its overall objectives.