Ex-Prisoners to Get 150 UK Probation Service Jobs Helping Offenders Turn Their Lives Around

Ex-Prisoners to Get 150 UK Probation Service Jobs Helping Offenders Turn Their Lives Around
Two people walk alongside the curtain wall of HMP Liverpool, northwest England, on Nov. 15, 2016. Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images
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The UK government has promised it will give 150 jobs in its probation service to ex-prisoners by next April, it was revealed on Thursday.

The former prisoners will reportedly help people still in jail but nearing the end of their sentences to prepare for release back into the community.