The prison scheme, encouraging inmates to reset their lives, also helps reduce reoffending rates.
ITV Granada Reports' Anna Youssef went along to meet one former prisoner who is helping to run the scheme.She is proof that, given the right tools and support, rehabilitation is possible.
Yvonne said: "My criminal life went on for 30+ years. There wasn't a year that went by when I wasn't involved with the courts or the police. It just started from a very young age and it was hard to come out of although I wanted it to change for a lot of years, I didn't know how to." Yvonne said: "I get a lot of respect off the women because they do know I'm an ex-offender. I can relate to a lot of things these women go through. I think if you can trust just one person when you're in a situation like this, in prison, then you can get somewhere."combines charity and business, using its commercial waste management and recycling operation to run "HMP Academies" in 6 prisons across the UK.
"I was given my own home and basically the headspace to think and breath and decide what I wanted to do without always having to live in survival mode and act on my instincts and decide in an instance what I was going to do.". She is also playing an active part in her children's lives.
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