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Radical reforms to the way criminals are rehabilitated will mean every offender leaving prison must serve a minimum of 12 months under supervision in the community, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling announced yesterday.

This is the most significant change to short custodial sentences in a decade. Each year around 65,000 of the most prolific offenders serving sentences of up to two years will receive extended, targeted rehabilitation.

All offenders who enter prison, even for just a few days, will be subject to the new supervision and will be given vital support into housing, employment, training and substance abuse programmes. If they misbehave they face being returned to prison.

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