Recommendation 128

Initiatives for mentoring should be scaled up. Mentors can be people who have previously been on probation themselves or volunteers from the community. The Government should launch a national campaign to recruit mentors from the community. Charitable organisations should be commissioned to train and manage large numbers of mentors. Offenders should be offered the opportunity to be matched with a mentor, who would guide them through their sentence. 113 Written evidence from NHS England’s Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service ( JCS0037 ) 114 Q 10 (Justin Russell) 115 Q 8 (Justin Russell) 116 Ministry of Justice, ‘ Offender Management Statistics quarterly: October to December 2022 and annual 2022—Probation: 2022, Table A4_13’ (27 April 2023): https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender -management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2022 [accessed 19 September 2023] 117 Written evidence from Revolving Doors ( JCS0016 ) 118 Written evidence from the Probation Board for Northern Ireland ( JCS0043 ) 119 Q 119 (Damian Hinds MP), see also Q 10 (Justin Russell). 120 Q 110 (Dr Juste Abramovaite) 121 Q 109 (Dr Juste Abramovaite) 122 Q 130 (Damian Hinds MP) 123 Q 67 (Kim Thornden-Edwards). See the Sentencing Act 2020, Chapter 2 as well as Parts 9, 10, and 11 of Schedule 9 to the Act. 124 Q 119 (Damian Hinds MP) 125 Q 67 (Kim Thornden-Edwards) 126 Written evidence from Dr Carly Lightowlers ( JCS0017 ) 127 Written evidence from NHS England’s Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Service ( JCS0037 ) 128 Q 84 (Caroline) 129 Written evidence from Miss Joanna Binley, Mrs Kathryn Cahalin, Professor Matthew Callender and Miss Greta Sanna ( JCS0010 ) 130 Q 89 (Pavan Dhaliwal) 131 Q 95 (Niki Scordi) 132 Written evidence from Professor Charlie Brooker and Dr Coral Sirdifield ( JCS0001 ) 133 Q 95 (Niki Scordi) 134 Q 98 (Niki Scordi) 135 Q 89 (Pavan Dhaliwal), see also written evidence from Revolving Doors ( JCS0016 ). 136 Q 84 (Caroline) 137 Q 1 (Justin Russell) 138 Q 10 (Justin Russell) 139 Written evidence from Revolving Doors ( JCS0016 ) and NHS England’s Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Service ( JCS0037 ) 140 Written evidence from NHS England’s Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Service ( JCS0037 ) 141 Q 67 (Kim Thornden-Edwards) 142 Q 21 (Phil Bowen) 143 Q 84 (Caroline) 144 Written evidence from Dr Jay Gormley, Dr Louise Kennefick and Professor Melissa Hamilton ( JCS0028 ) 145 Written evidence from the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody ( JCS0040 ), see also Q 8 (Justin Russell). 146 Written evidence from Tom Franklin ( JCS0007 ) 147 Q 95 (Niki Scordi) 148 Q 130 (Damian Hinds MP) 149 Q 119 (Damian Hinds MP) 150 Q 12 (Justin Russell) 151 Q 9 (Justin Russell) 152 Q 12 (Justin Russell) 153 Written evidence from Together Women ( JCS0033 ) 154 Q 2 (Justin Russell) 155 Written evidence from Criminal Justice Alliance ( JCS0022 ) 156 Written evidence from Revolving Doors ( JCS0016 ) 157 Q 85 (Caroline) 158 Q 10 (Justin Russell) 159 Written evidence from the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners ( JCS0020 ) 160 Written evidence from Dr Carly Lightowlers ( JCS0017 ) 161 Q 119 (Damian Hinds MP) 162 Q 12 (Justin Russell) 163 Q 78 (Chris Jennings) 164 Written evidence from HM Prison and Probation Service ( JCS0045 ) 165 Written evidence from NHS England’s Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Service ( JCS0037 ) 166 Written evidence from Dr Matthew Cracknell ( JCS0014 ) and Ministry of Justice, ‘Vulnerable offenders steered towards treatment’ (10 August 2018): https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vulnerable-offenders-steered-towards- treatment [accessed 10 October 2023] 167 Written evidence from HM Prison and Probation Service ( JCS0045 ) 168 Q 4 (Justin Russell) 169 Q 67 (Kim Thornden-Edwards) 170 HM Government, From harm to hope: A ten year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives (29 April 2022): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ from-harm-to-hope-a-10-year-drugs-plan-to- cut-crime-and-save-lives [accessed 24 October 2023] 171 Q 67 (Kim Thornden-Edwards). See also Q 119 (Damian Hinds MP). 172 Q 122 (Damian Hinds MP) 173 Q 120 (Damian Hinds MP) 174 Q 119 (Damian Hinds MP) 175 Written evidence from the Ministry of Justice ( JCS0013 ) 176 Written evidence from the National Audit Office ( JCS0039 ) 177 Q 95 (Nikki Scordi) 178 Q 95 (Rebecca Robson) 179 Q 95 (Nikki Scordi) 180 Written evidence from the Prison Reform Trust ( JCS0019 ) 181 Written evidence from Birth Companions ( JCS0008 ) 182 Written evidence from Women in Prison ( JCS0030 ) 183 Ibid. 184 Written evidence from Together Women ( JCS0033 ) 185 Written evidence from Women in Prison ( JCS0030 ) 186 Written evidence from the Prison Reform Trust ( JCS0019 ) 187 Q 92 (Rebecca Robson) 188 Q 9 (Justin Russell) 189 Written evidence from the Probation Institute ( JCS0015 ) 190 Q 99 (Carrie Peters) 191 Written evidence from Greater Manchester Combined Authority ( JCS0044 ) 192 Q 1 (Justin Russell) 193 Q 97 (Carrie Peters) 194 Q 97 (Rebecca Robson) 195 Q 97 (Carrie Peters) 196 Q 1 (Justin Russell) 197 Q 16 (Justin Russell), see also Q 36 (Tom Franklin). 198 Q 1 (Justin Russell) 199 Q 47 (Lord Justice William Davis) 200 Written evidence from Tom Franklin ( JCS0007 ) 201 Q 29 (Phil Bowen) 202 Q 29 (Gavin Dingwall) 203 Q 29 (Phil Bowen) 204 Written evidence from Dr Jay Gormley, Dr Louise Kennefick and Professor Melissa Hamilton ( JCS0028 ) 205 Q 36 (Tom Franklin) 206 Q 16 (Justin Russell) 207 Ibid. , see also Q 25 (Andrew Neilson). 208 Q 16 (Justin Russell) 209 Q 36 (Tom Franklin) 210 Q 110 (Dr Juste Abramovaite) 211 Q 36 (Tom Franklin) 212 Written evidence from Transform Justice ( JCS0002 ) 213 Q 36 (Tom Franklin) 214 Written evidence from Hertfordshire Constabulary ( JCS0031 ) 215 Ibid. 216 Written evidence from Dr Kyriakos N. Kotsoglou and Dr Marion Oswald ( JCS0005 ) 217 Written evidence from the Integrated Offender Management Team ( JCS0041 ) 218 Written evidence from Greater Manchester Combined Authority ( JCS0044 ) 219 Q 54 (Dr Eoin Guilfoyle) 220 Written evidence from Dr Eoin Guilfoyle ( JCS0004 ), see also written evidence from Dr Jay Gormley, Dr Louise Kennefick and Professor Melissa Hamilton ( JCS0028 ). 221 Q 54 (Dr Eoin Guilfoyle) 222 Ibid. 223 Q 54 (Dr Hannah Graham) 224 Q 15 (Justin Russell) 225 Q 52 (Dr Eoin Guilfoyle) 226 Q 57 (Dr Eoin Guilfoyle) 227 Written evidence from Dr Eoin Guilfoyle ( JCS0004 ) 228 Q 77 (Kim Thornden-Edwards) 229 Q 126 (Damian Hinds MP) 230 Q 124 (Damian Hinds MP) 231 Letter from Rt. Hon. Damian Hinds MP, Minister of State for Justice, to Baroness Hamwee, Chair of the Justice and Home Affairs Committee (17 October 2023): https:// committees.parliament.uk/publications/41868/documents/207632/default 232 Q 124 (Damian Hinds MP) 233 Q 88 (Pavan Dhaliwal) 234 Written evidence from Revolving Doors ( JCS0016 ) 235 Q 52 (Dr Hannah Graham) 236 Written evidence from the Probation Board for Northern Ireland ( JCS0043 ) 237 Q 29 (Phil Bowen) 238 Ibid. 239 Q 52 (Courtney Bryan), see also written evidence from Courtney Bryan ( JCS0003 ). 240 Q 52 (Courtney Bryan) 241 Q 38 (Tom Franklin) 242 Q 26 (Gavin Dingwall) < Back Next > © Parliamentary copyright 2023 A-Z index Glossary Contact us Freedom of Information Jobs Using this website Copyright Privacy notice Cookie policy Cookie Manager House of Lords - Cutting crime: better community sentences - Justice and Home Affairs Committee Cutting crime: better community sentences Contents Chapter 4: Maximising impact