Petition Stop using Unemployment as a Continuation of Punishment - Reform of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

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The findings from the 2013 research entitled, 'Nothing to Declare' (Barlow and Barnett, 2013) demonstrate that Employers in East Lancashire, agree that is
'"is in no-ones interest for unemployment to be used as a continuation of punishment".

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 must be amended to bring all determinate sentences within it's scope, immediately and retrospectively.

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14 signatures

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Date closed 9 May 2014
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