A Special Newsletter - No Ordinary Day
Posted on 9 May 2023
Last Friday I was involved in a prisoner re-settlement event at Guys Marsh Prison a Category-C adult male training and resettlement prison located in Shaftesbury, Dorset. This is the lowest category of a secure prison and acts as a stepping stone for selected risk-assessed prisoners to progress into an open prison.
I was invited to attend the event as a member of HMP Guys Marsh’s Employment Advisory Board (EAB). EABs were introduced as a joint initiative between New Futures Network and the Timpson Foundation, to act as a platform to connect employers and business leaders with prisons. New Futures Network are a specialist part of HM Prison and Probation Service that partners businesses and prisons to fill skills gap and support prison leavers into employment, and the Timpson Foundation rehabilitates prison leavers by offering supported employment.