He is part of a choir that Bastock helps to run for two hours every week at the inner city prison. The charity has been running prison choirs for three years and now has joined forces with the Institute of Directors West Midlands to launch a jobs scheme dubbed Business Beating Time. He sees a clear financial case for more employers to take on prison leavers. The trust also notes that one in five employers say they exclude or are likely to exclude prison leavers from the recruitment process. An initial concert inside G4S-run Birmingham prison in November went well, says Phillips.

Source: The Guardian August 09, 2017 04:52 UTC