It might not be quite what you expect - a jobs-fair inside a prison. But the ‘Out of Armley’ group of training providers and employers recognise that one of the ways of stopping re-offending is to ensure that prisoners have a clear plan of how they are going to get employment once they are released.

So that was the idea of having a jobs-fair; the first one ever at HMP Leeds in Armley.

ELFM have worked closely with the prison and probation service for a number of years - see the Outside Looking In series of programmes - and we were only too happy to come and see what happened on the day…

 

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For the summer 2006 broadcast, ELFM worked in partnership with the prisons and probation service to produce a series of programmes called Outside Looking In.

Hosted by Mark Hudson, Jutta Zapf and Conrad Russell - it is certainly an area of work we would like to develop; and we are currently looking at developing some radio work inside prisons … Inside Looking Out?

Have a listen to some clips from that series…

 

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Justice for all: looking at crime from the point of view of the victims. What the Probation Service does to support victims. And specific issues like racial harassment.

 

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A packed concluding programme including a former young offender; a prisoner released on temporary licence - his first time out of Leeds prison in 20 months. How do we make the criminal justice system more effective? How do we reduce offending and re-offending?

 

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