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<p>This Government is committed to tackling the causes of reoffending to keep our
communities safe. Between 2010/11 and 2020/21, the overall proven reoffending rate
has decreased from 31.6% to 24.4%.</p><p>Rehabilitation is critical to reducing reoffending.
It is the process by which we assist people either to change themselves or improve
their life circumstances, addressing their drivers of reoffending and therefore cutting
crime. Rehabilitation takes many forms, ranging from the delivery of a cognitive behaviour
programme to enabling a person to access suitable accommodation and the means to earn
a living.</p><p>HMPPS offers 5 Accredited Programmes specifically designed for those
individuals convicted of general, domestic, intimate partner violent offending: Kaizen,
Becoming New Me Plus (BNM+), Building Better Relationships (BBR), New Me Strengths
(NMS), and Living as New Me (LNM). The Thinking Skills Programme (TSP) is a responsive
and flexible Accredited Programme that may be suitable for those offenders who do
not meet the eligibility criteria for more specific programmes, as well as the New
Me MOT toolkit, offering continuity of support to those who have completed the Kaizen,
BNM+, or NMS programmes.</p><p>In addition to our targeted work to prevent violent
crime reoffending, we are also working hard to ensure that prison leavers across the
estate have the right building blocks in place to ensure they are successful on release.
For example, we are helping prison leavers to secure accommodation, employment, and
substance misuse treatment, all of which are essential for rehabilitation and can
significantly reduce the likelihood of reoffending. We are also delivering Commissioned
Rehabilitative Services which provide offenders with tailored, community-based services
to support rehabilitation and drive down reoffending. On top of this, we are expanding
the use of electronic monitoring for both community-based sentences and post-custody
licence to help reduce the risk of reoffending and support robust offender management.</p><p>Finally,
public protection work is central to the work of the Probation Service. We have also
increased our baseline funding by £155 million per annum which is helping us to increase
staffing and take other action to improve delivery across HMPPS so that the service
can best achieve its purpose of protecting the public and reducing reoffending.</p>
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