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Simon Beecroft Governor, Eastwood Park Provide some Eastwood Park context Discuss my utopian dream Share current housing data Understand what I need to do for you South Gloucestershire 363 (441) Serves a huge court area

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Simon Beecroft Governor, Eastwood Park

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 Provide some Eastwood Park context  Discuss my utopian dream  Share current housing data  Understand what I need to do for you

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 South Gloucestershire  363 (441)  Serves a huge court area  18 – 83 year old women  Mother and Baby Unit  Over 1800 women a year (363)  70% require substance misuse support  Complete prisoner journey  Effective ROTL operates and is growing

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10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 <1 <1 yr yr <2 <2 yr yr <3 <3 yr yr <4 <4 yr yr >4 >4 yr yr Number of women by sentence length

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Address Attitudes and Thinking Address Drug and Alcohol Problems Rehabilitative Culture Safety & Decency

Resettlement

Foundations for Enabling change in Women at Eastwood Park.

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Prisoners at Eastwood Park (12.01.15)

Non-Welsh Welsh Remanded Welsh Sentenced

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Loca cati tion

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Breakdown

f Welsh

prisoners at Eastwood Park.

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DISCHARGE FIGURES BY AREA

51% 16% 3% 4% 5% 5% 4% 3% 1% 1% 4% 1% 1% 1%

WALES AVON & SOMERSET GLOUCESTERSHIRE DORSET DEVON MIDLANDS WORCESTERSHIRE CORNWALL NORTHAMPTONSHIRE YORKSHIRE WILTSHIRE HEREFORDSHIRE HAMPSHIRE ESSEX

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TYPE OF ACCOMODATION ON RELEASE FIGURES 2014

NFA 16% SUPPORTED- Council, Eden House & Outside Agencies 13% PERMANENT 63% HOSTELS 3% TRANSIENT/SHOR T TERM 5%

NFA SUPPORTED- Council, Eden House & Outside Agencies PERMANENT HOSTELS TRANSIENT/SHORT TERM

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ACCOMODATION ON RELEASE - PERMANENT BY AREA

46% 14% 2% 3% 10% 8% 3% 5% 2% 3% 2% 2%

WALES AVON & SOMERSET GLOUCESTERSHIRE DORSET DEVON MIDLANDS WORCESTERSHIRE CORNWALL NORTHAMPTONSHIRE WILTSHIRE HEREFORDSHIRE ESSEX

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 1 x full time Probation Service Officer  1 x Prison Link Cymru worker – 3 hours a week.  3 x housing orderlies

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 Interview new receptions  Identify and resolve immediate urgent needs.  Work to protect payment plans  Telephone councils, landlords, hostels etc  Mentoring support for illiterate women  Change / end tenancy agreements  Support homeless women – correspondence,

advice on options, recheck before discharge

 Act as a conduit between offender and

Housing officer (PSO)

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 Closer working – how can I support Welsh

practitioners?

 Effective challenges to landlords who see

custody as an opportunity to break agreements.

 Have a SPOC in each area.  Provision of out of court area housing  Slick systems to ensure short term women are

supported

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 Ability to refer to a hostel pre release  Specific pathway for women fleeing DV  Extension of housing benefit to 51 week

sentence.

 Gender specific zones in hostels

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 Governor  Simon Beecroft  E mail simon.beecroft@hmps.gsi.gov.uk  Tel 01454 382150  Interventions Hub Manager  Joanne Wallbanks  E mail joanne.wallbanks@hmps.gsi.gov.uk  Tel 01454 382338

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