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NEWS
DDN’s round-up of national and local news.
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NEWS FOCUS
DDN hears from a former governor about planned prison reforms.
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COVER STORY: BUILDING A FUTURE
Steve Hodgkins’ inspiring story of rehabilitation and enterprise.
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RESOURCES AND REVIEWS
George Allan’s Resources Corner; Mark Reid reviews
People, Places and Things.
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I’MWORTH...
Helping people to tackle stigma and seek treatment for hepatitis C.
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IDENTITY CRISIS
What is addiction treatment for? Mike Ashton looks at the evidence.
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A HELPING HAND
The Griffiths Edwards Fund will help people access residential treatment.
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LETTERS & COMMENT
Correspondence from readers; Dr Steve Brinksman’s Post-it from Practice.
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AN HONEST RELATIONSHIP
Let’s stop relying on outdated treatment models, says Kenneth Robinson.
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WORK REST AND PLAY
A new recovery hub opens in Birmingham, as DDN reports.
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LEGAL EYE
Amina Uddin looks at CQC issues in DDN’s new legal column.
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editor’s letter
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A stimulating social and
physical environment can draw
you away from addiction
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Contents
W
e're all too familiar with the revolving door to prison and
have featured some excellent projects that help people gain
a foothold on the housing and employment ladders. Now it
seems that prison culture is to be reformed from the top, with
governors of new-style establishments given ‘unprecedented’ freedom
to introduce education, work and rehabilitation services (page 5).
Former prison governor John Podmore is entirely behind the need to
mend a broken system and address prisoners’ needs for work,
education and training – as he says, ‘you need a prisoner group that has
some investment in what’s going on’ (page 7).
As Mike Ashton points out in the first of a new series based on his
invaluable
Findings
, (page 12), Bruce Alexander's famous Rat Park
experiment demonstrated that a stimulating social and physical
environment can draw the subject away from addiction and into being
a productive member of society. The parallels are all too clear in our
cover story (page 8), where Steve Hodgkins shares his inspiring venture,
setting up Jobs, Friends and Houses (JFH). As a custody sergeant sitting
across the desk from offenders, he wondered why their lives were so
different from his own – and made it his mission to change the outlook
for people with limited life chances. The results of his project speak for
themselves – in lives converted, and in savings (and contributions) to
the public purse. But the other hopeful part of his enterprise is in
bringing together police officers and ex-offenders to work side by side,
helping people to change identity into skilled professionals. Now that’s
a sign that a prison sentence is not a badge for life.
Claire Brown, editor
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