§ 66. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the provisions which are now made to enable prisoners on their release from Her Majesty's prisons to find employment to be relieved of the stigma of prison sentence and to gain or regain the positions of useful citizens.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe responsibility for helping ex-prisoners to reinstate themselves in society as useful citizens rests primarily with the Central After-Care Association, the National Association of Discharged Prisoners' Aid Societies and Local Discharged Prisoners' Aid Societies. In finding employment for discharged prisoners the prison and aftercare authorities work closely with the Ministry of Labour, whose placing officers visit prisons regularly to interview prisoners who need their help. Both in finding employment and in dealing with other resettlement problems the after-care authorities receive great assistance from probation officers.