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How man’s best friend is helping rehabilitate inmates in England Prisoners in England are being taught to train assistance dogs, gaining qualifications so they can set up their own businesses upon release Democracy Justice Lifestyle Society
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Hope 100: Helping people on to a better path Two initiatives teaching skills to prisoners and young people arrested for drug related offences Justice Society
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Recording the precious stories of the dying A charity that records people’s life stories in hospices is now set to expand its work to homeless people and prisoners Society
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The record label that's run by prisoners Meet the man behind what is thought to be the world’s first record label to be launched in a prison, run with and by prisoners Society UK
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Inmates take part in the first ever prison parkruns Three prisons have become the first in the UK to host a weekly parkrun, with others expressing an interest in doing the same Society
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‘We set up councils in prisons, giving inmates a voice to improve things’ User Voice has established councils in more than 25 prisons to try to create space for solution-focused dialogue between residents and staff Democracy Justice Society
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