Caroline Voaden
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(1Ā month ago)
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
Order. In order to help me to get every Member in, questions must be just one sentence. I call Caroline Voaden.
Caroline Voaden (South Devon) (LD)
I am going to say this all in one breath, Madam Deputy Speaker. Prison governors talk about the revolving door of prisoners, with almost half reoffending, but those who go through the LandWorks rehabilitation project in South Devon reoffend at a rate of just 5%, with 90% of them going into employment and back into the community. It is proven to be a success; it works. Will the new Minister for Prisons please come to South Devon to see LandWorks and what it does? It is magicāit is cheaper than prison, and it works. We need to roll this out across the country.
Alex Norris
The Minister is very much looking forward to doing so.