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August 2008
Ground breaking prison report funded by The Pilgrim Trust and Lankelly Chase
An evaluation report has been funded by The Pilgrim Trust and Lankelly Chase to consider the outcomes of HMP Leeds ex-offender project (PART). PART will meet clients from Leeds prison 'at the gate', advocate on their behalf, and provide intensive support as they look for housing. The team will help prisoners with a range of problems from homelessness, harassment and illegal eviction issues to welfare benefit queries. Prisoners who have short sentences, (under 12 months) will be targeted, as they can only get help from the probationary services after a 12 month sentence. Based in the South and West Yorkshire Housing Aid Centre, PART will be working with numerous key services in the Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Calderdale and Kirklees areas. The evaluation report has been commissioned from the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York and it is anticipated that the findings of the report will influence future government policy on the housing and resettlement of ex-offender by establishing the link between reduced re-offending rates and the provision of adequate housing upon release.
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