Venue: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.
Date: 26 September 2017
Time: 11-1pm
On 26th Sept 2017, IPRT will host a seminar focusing on breaking the cycle of offending in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin 2.
The issues discussed will include securing employment or training, and the ability to rebuild a life after committing an offence. Effective spent convictions legislation has a major role to play in removing barriers to the reintegration of former offenders and prisoners who have demonstrated that they have moved on from past offending behaviour.
The keynote speaker will be Mr. James Timpson, OBE, Chair of the Prison Reform Trust (UK) and Chair of the Employers Forum for Reducing Reoffending. James is Chief Executive of Timpson, a family-owned retail business that proactively recruits ex-offenders into the company through working closely with the prison service at over 70 prisons across the UK. 10% of Timpson colleagues were recruited directly from prison.
A panel discussion will tackle different barriers presented by a convictions history, including accessing employment, insurance, and reintegration of people following release from prison.
At the event, IPRT will launch a new public information campaign on spent convictions, which will include two information videos produced by SpunOut.
The seminar will take place in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 from 11-1pm (registrations from 10.30am).
Register for the event on Eventbrite here, or email Pamela, Campaigns and Admin Officer, at pdrumgoole@iprt.ie for further information.