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<p>Women’s centres and rape support centres are independent organisations. The MoJ
has provided funding to both, but does not oversee their work and bears no responsibility
for maintaining records of them. Maps have been produced in the past showing snapshots
of their number and location at that point in time. The women’s centres map was published
in guidance for the police on working with vulnerable women, alongside the female
offender strategy in June 2018; the rape support centres map has been shared with
various stakeholders, but has not been published and there are no plans at present
to publish it.</p><p>Our female offender’s strategy sets out a programme of work to
improve outcomes for female offenders, based on our vision of seeing fewer women entering
the justice system and serving short custodial sentences, and better conditions for
those women in custody. We are keen to work in partnership with women’s centres and
other local organisations to deliver this vision.</p>
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