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<p>We know that supporting offenders to engage in drug and alcohol treatment is vital
to reduce reoffending and we are working with health partners on a range of interventions
to strengthen continuity of care for prison leavers. We have recruited over 50 Health
and Justice Co-ordinators nationwide to improve links between prison and community
treatment services, procured 650 laptops to enable prisoners to speak to community
treatment providers before release and we are rolling out the Probation Notification
Actioning Project (PNAP) which will make probation aware of prison leavers who have
been referred to community treatment so probation can support continued engagement.</p><p>The
lower-level offenders released on ECSL will have a release plan put together by probation,
and where appropriate this release plan will include access to drug and alcohol treatment.
It remains at the discretion of the prison service to block or delay the ECSL release
of any prisoners where doing so would result in losing access to essential services
such as drug and alcohol treatment.</p>
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