HMP-manufacturing firm partnership reaping rewards for all involved

Posted on 2 Nov 2020 by James Devonshire

A partnership between a West Sussex prison and a local manufacturer has highlighted how offender employment initiatives can reap rewards for all involved.

Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Ford and Inpress Plastics, a manufacturing company based in Littlehampton, have been working together for almost a decade to help prisoners benefit from specialist training, significantly improving their chances of securing employment once they have left prison. Research shows that ex-offenders who get a job after prison are up to nine percentage points less…

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