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Debate between Michael Gove and David Mackintosh(8 years, 5 months ago)
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The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Michael Gove)
In the debate on the Queen’s Speech, the Government announced the creation of six early adopter reform prisons. The governors of those prisons will have unprecedented freedom to run their prisons and find better ways to rehabilitate offenders.
David Mackintosh
Will my right hon. Friend tell me how we can improve the transition for prison leavers to employment and their access to benefits and housing?
Michael Gove
One thing we can do particularly effectively is ensure that prisons, whether reform prisons or others, have close and effective working relationships with the community rehabilitation companies that were instituted by my predecessor and are doing so much to ensure that all prisoners, whatever the length of their sentence, receive support on release.