We have recently contacted
The Prison and Probation Service
in an attempt to discuss the possibility of providing this service.
This service is not live yet.
If you are reading this you probably work for.......
Ministry of Justice
National Probation Service
The Mayor of London
The London Assembly
At the moment we are hoping for feedback on the viability of this service.
We are very aware that we are unable to realistically make any of this happen without acceptance and collaboration from the various Government Departments mentioned above.
If you are reading this, you have the power to help this become real.
The Potential Benefits
- Reduces recidivism risk by supporting access to housing, employment and healthcare.
- Removes barriers to re-establishing life after custody
- Offers meaningful engagement points between service users and their probation officers
- Restores dignity and independence through consistent contact with key institutions and services
- Keeps healthcare moving by securing GP and hospital letters
- Creates a clean communication trail for licence/MAPPA management
- Low-cost intervention; high system savings
- Frees frontline staff from chasing addresses and lost mail
- Gives partners a single point of contact for urgent correspondence
- Offers dignity and control through consistent communication
- Backstops lost phones via SIM registration and number retention
- Delivers measurable outputs from day one
Supporting Rehabilitation from Day One
19 years ago, a simple email idea from an ex-offender became Email a Prisoner,
now a national standard. RUBICON GATE’s virtual address service has the same
potential to transform the outcomes of people on probation. (POP’s)