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BlogFive years after HMP Holloway closed, what happened to Western Europe’s largest women’s prison?
Five years after the last women left its gates, the former Holloway prison site stands empty and deserted, a reminder both of the long struggle for women’s rights and liberation, and the thousands of women who lived there deprived of their freedom.
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Blog, Policy briefingJoint Statement: The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Will Have Harmful Long-term Consequences for Women
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will not make women safer. Read our joint statement about why we strongly oppose the Bill in its current form.
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Blog, Policy briefingWorst-Case Scenario: Working Chance publishes new research
In 2021, we published our latest research, 'Worst-Case Scenario: How racism in the criminal justice system harms women's chances of finding work'. The research highlights the long-lasting collateral consequences of conviction for racially minoritised women.
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Blog#PrideMonth: A call for more inclusive, intersectional support
This #Pride, Working Chance calls for more inclusive, intersectional support for queer people, who are overrepresented in the criminal justice system.
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Blog, Policy briefingOur response to the Justice Committee's Women in Prison Inquiry
In April 2021, the Justice Committee launched an inquiry on women in prison. As a charity dedicated to supporting women with convictions into employment, we submitted our response on the following points.
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BlogAs job recovery starts, women with convictions should not be left behind
Women have been more severely impacted by unemployment since the pandemic. What does the employment outlook look like for women with convictions?
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BlogMental health a big challenge as women with convictions look for work #MHAW2021
For this year's Mental Health Awareness Week, we look how mental health impacts the experience of women with convictions in finding and succeeding in employment.
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BlogThe year that changed us all: 5 ways the pandemic changed our employability support
For women with convictions, finding employment was already tough. With the pandemic, the situation becomes almost impossible. Here are some ways we’ve adapted our employability support, and the lessons we learned along the way.