Employing prisoners upon release gives them every opportunity to re-integrate into society and helps reduce reoffending. Hear from Robert, a prisoner at HMP Swansea who talks about his hopes following his release.

🌳Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay🌲 Offenders across HMPPS have been giving back to the community & learning new skills. 155,000 saplings have been grown, 16,270 trees have been planted by offenders on probation & 2,543 fruit trees planted in 21 prisons.

Great to see HMP Fosse Way officially opened today. Marking a key milestone in our plans to build new prison places.   The prison also benefits from state-of-the-art workshops designed to train offenders for employment on release - a key factor in helping to reduce reoffending.

An honour to co-host the HMPPS Staff Awards with Amy Rees this week, recognising the hardworking, dedicated colleagues across Prisons, Probation and the YCS who go above & beyond to change lives & protect the public. Congratulations to all of our award winners and nominees.

Last week I was welcomed by Probation Service North West to visit Haworth House Approved Premise (AP) & an Unpaid Work (UPW) Site in Blackburn. Fantastic to meet colleagues supporting AP residents to reintegrate in to the community & seeing the UPW groups efforts to maintain local green spaces.

It was an honour to celebrate HMPPS staff today at @10downingstreet. I met colleagues from HMPPS HQ, Prisons, Probation & Youth Custody Services across England & Wales who help to break the cycle of reoffending, and ultimately protect the public. They never fail to inspire me.

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I hope all the extraordinary HMPPS staff working across England & Wales had a happy #HiddenHeroes day yesterday. Your dedication and the positive impact you have on offenders, colleagues & local communities is incredible. Thank you!

The vital work of @HMPPS staff keeps us all safe, which is why we have boosted pay significantly and launched our biggest ever recruitment campaign. New stats show its working, with thousands more prison and probation officers joining @HMPPS in the last year.

We are supporting the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. During this period we are educating, promoting and sharing best practices on identifying domestic abuse and signposting help for staff who have experienced or are experiencing domestic abuse.

💬"Joining the Prison Service makes you see things in a different light & it really does change you as a person." Officer Marriott from Onley spoke to BBC Newsbeat on what it's like working in a prison on Christmas Day. 👇Listen from 2 minutes 50 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

One of the many important roles we have here in @HMPPS, as we work to reduce reoffending & protect the public. Open for applications now ⬇️

Proud to join the Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk KC, Antonia Romeo & Amy Rees today to personally thank colleagues who manage key central functions across HMPPS for the outstanding job they’ve done leading & coordinating the recent exceptional response from prisons & probation.

📢New case administrator vacancies now open in: 🟣 London 🟣 Norwich 🟣 Kent, Surrey and Sussex No qualifications needed. Receive full training in a supportive team and access Civil Service benefits. Apply today⬇️ prisonandprobationjobs.gov.uk/roles-at-hmpps…

I’m very proud to say we now have neurodiversity support managers in every public sector prison and young offender institution. They help neurodivergent prisoners to access rehabilitation activities and train staff in ways of working. Hear more from Liz HMP Hewell ⬇️

Operational prison staff will receive a pay rise of at least 5% this autumn and it will be backdated to 1 April 2024. Read more ➡️ questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…