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PATHWAYS FROM PRISON
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOINING . . . . . . . THE . . . . DOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The high risk of Forward Trust ( formerly RAPt ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . relapse
. and
. . recognises
. . the importance
. . . . reoffending of continuity of care ( CoC ) in
. . . . . . . . . . . . . amongst
. . . reducing
. .
risk , and
. achieving
. . . substancemisusing offenders goals . We strongly believe
and / or maintaining recovery
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. their
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susceptibility
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to
. that
. continuing
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support
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drug-related death in the period following release contributes
Improving systems to ensure that . . . . . . . . . . . following
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release
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from
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prison
. to
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enhancement
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of wellbeing
. . .
has been understood for many and subsequent reduction of people leaving prison are motivated
. . . . . . . . . . . years
.
, and
. underlined
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by the
. overdose
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risks . One
. example
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:
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2017 evidence review of drug more than 20 years ago Forward and supported to engage with treatment in England . Therefore , established a team of volunteers
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community
. . .
services
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is a priority
. . for
. . an
. integrated
. and
. seamless
. . to
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act as
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a ‘ meet
.
and greet .’
. . care pathway from prison to the service at the prison gate –
. .
both
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the
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government
. . . and
. the
. sector
.
.
. community
. . is necessary
. .
to both
. overseen
. .
by our
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recovery
. support
. .
reduce risk for those recovering team – and accompany people to
Ilo Edwin and Sarah Clowes describe from substance misuse and community appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
address reoffending rates . Sarah recalls why she stayed how the Forward Trust is trying to
With more than 30 years ’ with the Forward Trust having
. .
address
. .
the challenge
. . . . . . . experience
. . of delivering
. .
services
. started
. as
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a volunteer
. in
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2012 .
. . across the prison estate , The ‘ I attended a RAPt event as
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