§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what special arrangements are made in employment exchanges for placing persons with criminal records in employment.
§ Mr. FernyhoughEvery prison is visited regularly by an officer from the nearest employment exchange. He interviews any prisoners who are shortly to be discharged and who desire help. Where they come from another area, arrangements can be made to put them in touch with their home employment exchange.
Exchanges work in close co-operation with prison welfare officers and with the local probation and after-care services. Local offices also help to find employment for prisoners who are permitted to work outside the prison during the last months of their sentence, under the hostel and working out schemes.