The Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending (or simply Prisons Minister) is a mid-level ministerial office in the

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Responsibilities

The minister currently has responsibility of the following policy areas: *Prison operations, policy, reform and industrial relations *Probation policy and operations *Youth justice *Parole *Offender health *Offender Cohorts *Extremism *Home Detention Curfew (HDC) *Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) schemes *Drugs *Reducing reoffending *Female offenders *Foreign National Offenders The minister also provides support on Global Britain and the promotion of legal services.

List of ministers for prisons

References

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Responsibilities

List of ministers for prisons

See also

References