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Simon Beecroft Governor, Eastwood Park

 Provide some Eastwood Park context  Discuss my utopian dream  Share current housing data  Understand what I need to do for you

 South Gloucestershire  363 (441)  Serves a huge court area  18 – 83 year old women  Mother and Baby Unit  Over 1800 women a year (363)  70% require substance misuse support  Complete prisoner journey  Effective ROTL operates and is growing

90 90 80 80 70 70 60 60 50 50 Number of women by 40 40 sentence 30 30 length 20 20 10 10 0 <1 <1 <2 <2 <3 <3 <4 <4 >4 >4 yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr

Foundations for Enabling change in . Women at Eastwood Resettlement Park. Address Attitudes and Thinking Address Drug and Alcohol Problems Rehabilitative Culture Safety & Decency

Prisoners at Eastwood Park (12.01.15) Non-Welsh Welsh Remanded Welsh Sentenced

Loca cati tion on Reman manded ed Sent ntenc nced Cardiff 10 21 Swansea 7 13 Newport 8 6 Betws-Y-Coed 11 1 Breakdown Brigend 6 5 of Welsh Barry 3 6 Neath 0 7 prisoners at Pontypridd 2 3 Aberdare 1 3 Eastwood Merthyr Tydfil 1 3 Porth 3 1 Park. Carmarthen 1 2 Milford Haven 1 2 Cwmbran 0 2 Ebbw Vale 1 1 Haverford West 1 1 Port Talbot 0 2 Abergavenny 1 0 Brecon 0 1 Caerphilly 0 1 Ely 1 0 Llanelli 0 1 Penarth 0 1 Pontypool 1 0 Porthcawl 1 0 Tredegar 0 1

DISCHARGE FIGURES BY AREA 1% 1% 1% 1% 4% 1% WALES 3% AVON & SOMERSET 4% GLOUCESTERSHIRE DORSET 5% DEVON MIDLANDS 5% 51% WORCESTERSHIRE CORNWALL NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 4% YORKSHIRE 3% WILTSHIRE HEREFORDSHIRE HAMPSHIRE 16% ESSEX

TYPE OF ACCOMODATION ON RELEASE FIGURES 2014 TRANSIENT/SHOR T TERM 5% NFA NFA HOSTELS 16% 3% SUPPORTED- SUPPORTED- Council, Eden Council, Eden House & Outside Agencies House & Outside PERMANENT Agencies 13% HOSTELS TRANSIENT/SHORT PERMANENT TERM 63%

ACCOMODATION ON RELEASE - PERMANENT BY AREA 2% 2% 3% 2% 5% WALES 3% AVON & SOMERSET GLOUCESTERSHIRE DORSET 8% 46% DEVON MIDLANDS WORCESTERSHIRE CORNWALL 10% NORTHAMPTONSHIRE WILTSHIRE HEREFORDSHIRE 3% ESSEX 2% 14%

 1 x full time Probation Service Officer  1 x Prison Link Cymru worker – 3 hours a week.  3 x housing orderlies

 Interview new receptions  Identify and resolve immediate urgent needs.  Work to protect payment plans  Telephone councils, landlords, hostels etc  Mentoring support for illiterate women  Change / end tenancy agreements  Support homeless women – correspondence, advice on options, recheck before discharge  Act as a conduit between offender and Housing officer (PSO)

 Closer working – how can I support Welsh practitioners?  Effective challenges to landlords who see custody as an opportunity to break agreements.  Have a SPOC in each area.  Provision of out of court area housing  Slick systems to ensure short term women are supported

 Ability to refer to a hostel pre release  Specific pathway for women fleeing DV  Extension of housing benefit to 51 week sentence.  Gender specific zones in hostels

 Governor  Simon Beecroft  E mail simon.beecroft@hmps.gsi.gov.uk  Tel 01454 382150  Interventions Hub Manager  Joanne Wallbanks  E mail joanne.wallbanks@hmps.gsi.gov.uk  Tel 01454 382338