i came out of prison for the last time, i was lucky enough to have found treatment that specialised in the cycle of addiction and the criminaljustice system and since stopping using substances i have not committed another crime. it does not take a rocket scientist to work out that if you support why the addiction has taken place, then i should imagine the criminal offences will significantly drop. kellyjudge, that was, and mark johnson, who both run or work for charities that either give inmates a voice or help people break the cycle of addiction and crime. andrea coady is policy manager at the socialjustice charity, macro and is currently the co chair of the independent monitoring board at her local prison in surrey.
prison places, incarceration to protect the public it is very important. we are introducing technology to make prisons safer, the x ray body scanners can stop the flow of contra band into the x ray body scanners can stop the flow of contraband into prisons, the drugs, weapons, mobile phones. we are also doing a range of things to make sure prisoners leave cuts in a better place. we want to early assessment of addiction to drugs or alcohol, their level of numeracy, literacy, skills, we want to encourage greater work in prisons and will be saying to governors, many of whom are doing an exceptionaljob, that isjoe cole focus, to try to improve appended so that when they leave prison they are less likely to leave and they have positive community treatment for mental health or drugs that is your core focus. with me is markjohnson mbe, a former prisoner who set up the charity uservoice, to give a voice to prisoners. kellyjudge is with us, a charity