EXCLUSIVE: Low-risk prisoners allowed to work outside jail have handed £8.4m in wages to their victims
THOUSANDS of working prisoners have handed over £8 million in wages to those left traumatised by crime, we can reveal.
The rest of the cash is given to the lags in wages. They earned £7.4 million last year before the levy was applied.17.1 MILLION HOURS OF WORK “Vital services exit to provide support to victims of crime to help them recover and provide advocacy, and the money received from the Prisoners’ Earning Act levy goes towards these services.”
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