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• Will requiring prisoners to work harder for privileges help improve rehabilitation rates?

  01 May 2013

  Max Chambers, Head of Crime & Justice at Policy Exchange, sets out the benefits of the government's plans to get prisoners to work harder for privileges – a recommendation made in Policy Exchange's 2011 report Inside Job – in a City A.M. debate.

• War on 'holiday camp' jail perks as Prisons Minister calls for privileges to be earned through hard work and good behaviour

  29 October 2012

  In an article on prisoner perks, Crime & Justice Research Fellow Ed Boyd is cited by The Daily Mail urging for the reform of the prison system. Ed reiterates calls from Policy Exchange report Inside Job that work in prisons should be encouraged and that prison privileges should be tied to work.

• Ed Boyd on BBC Radio Kent

  24 August 2012

  Ed Boyd, Crime & Justice Research Fellow at Policy Exchange, appears on BBC Radio Kent to discuss the recent discovery that many offenders are committing new offences whilst they are supposed to be serving community sentences. He makes the case from Inside Job that prisoners should work in prisons to instil a work ethic in prisoners.

• A fair wage for prisoners

  14 June 2012

  Crime & Justice Research Fellow Edward Boyd sets out how the introduction of a 'Prisoner Minimum Wage' - as recommended in Policy Exchange report Inside Job - would prevent working prisoners from jeopardise the job prospects of the law-abiding.

• Real work for prisoners, but at real wages

  26 November 2011

  The Financial Times publishes a letter by Crime & Justice Research Fellow Rory Geoghegan making the case from Inside Job for the establishment of a prisoner minimum wage to kick start a real jobs market in prison.

• Security Firm Urges Business To Hire Inmates

  21 November 2011

  Rory Geoghegan, Crime & Justice Research Fellow at Policy Exchange, is quoted by Sky News making the case from report Inside Job for a 'prisoner minimum wage' for those prisoners who work which can be put toward compensating victims and paying for housing on release.

• Rory Geoghegan on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

  01 November 2011

  Crime & Justice Research Fellow Rory Geoghegan is interviewed on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on the benefits of introducing real work into prisons as Policy Exchange advocated in report Inside Job.

• Clarke is right to focus on reoffenders

  06 September 2011

  Policy Exchange's Head of Crime & Justice, Blair Gibbs, writes in The Spectator's Coffee House blog on ways to reduce recidivism, citing reforms to community sentences (from report Fitting the Crime) and work in prisons (from Inside Job) as ways of achieving this.

• Clarke is right to focus on reoffenders

  06 September 2011

  Policy Exchange's Head of Crime & Justice, Blair Gibbs, writes on The Spectator's Coffee House blog on ways to reduce recidivism, citing reforms to community sentences (from report Fitting the Crime) and work in prisons (from Inside Job) as ways of achieving this.

• Rory Geoghegan on BBC Radio London

  02 August 2011

  Crime & Justice Research Fellow Rory Geoghegan appears on BBC Radio London making the case from report Inside Job that prisoners should be made to work rather than sitting idle.

• Prisoners plan EU legal fight against 'victim tax' on their wages

  04 July 2011

  The Daily Mail reports on findings from Policy Exchange report Inside Job that very few prisoners work whilst in prison and that those who do spend very little time doing so.

• Offenders are 'sleeping their way through jail terms' as they spend 23 hours a day in cells

  14 June 2011

  The Daily Mail reports on Policy Exchange publication Inside Job, quoting Head of Crime & Justice Blair Gibbs criticising the prison system for failing to build a regime around hard work and education rather than idleness.

• In report on prison work schemes, Policy Exchange recommends "real work" with fair pay

  13 June 2011

  ConservativeHome reports on latest Policy Exchange report Inside Job which recommends giving more prisoners the opportunity to work thereby increasing their employability upon release and reducing recidivism.

• Crime pays

  13 June 2011

  The Sun's leader column praises the recommendation from Policy Exchange report Inside Job that more prisoners should be made to work and the cash raised used to fund victims' support.

• A justice system that betrays everyone

  13 June 2011

  The Daily Mail's leader column quotes findings from Policy Exchange report Inside Job that 98% of prisoners receive higher than basic levels of privileges and the recommendation that a 'Prisoner Minimum Wage' be set up in order to provide funds for victims, the Prison Service, the Treasury and helping prisoners settle upon release.

• Clarke calls in captains of industry to get prisoners working

  13 June 2011

  The Times reports the suggestion from Policy Exchange report Inside Job that a 'Prison Minimum Wage' should be created for those prisoners engaged in work from which deductions could be made to victims' funds and the cost of the inmates' incarceration.

• Make lags work

  13 June 2011

  The Sun quotes Head of Crime & Justice Blair Gibbs calling for more prisoners to be put to work in an article highlighting findings from Policy Exchange report Inside Job that significant amounts of money can be raised for victims and the Treasury if more prisoners are employed while incarcerated.

• Privileged life for 98% of inmates receiving treats including gym equipment and cable TV

  13 June 2011

  The Daily Mail reports findings from Policy Exchange report Inside Job that the vast majority of prisoners are on more favourable privilege schemes simply for complying with prison rules.

• Tory thinktank pushes for prisoners to work full-time

  13 June 2011

  Policy Exchange's latest publication Inside Job by Rory Geoghegan and Edward Boyd is covered by The Guardian which cites the report's recommendations that ministers should encourage high-profile companies to employ prisoners to make up for a lack of good companies offering prisoners work.

• If prisoners worked, we'd all be better off

  13 June 2011

  In an op-ed in The Daily Telegraph Blair Gibbs, Head of Crime & Justice at Policy Exchange, argues the case from report Inside Job that making prisoners perform real work will improve their employability upon release, helping to reduce recidivism which in turn benefits society financially through lower crime rates.

• Prisoners should pay their way in full-time jobs to help victims and cut reoffending, says new report

  13 June 2011

  New research from leading think tank Policy Exchange calls for major reforms to drive an agenda of “real work” in prison.  Ahead of new prison reform proposals to be published by the Ministry of Justice, the study – Inside Job: creating a market for real work in prison – says thousands of prisoners could be doing useful, profitable full-time jobs which go some way to paying back victims and taxpayers.