How can prison services develop reintegrative pathways for justice involved people subjected to modern slavery exploitation?

• In Event: Criminology of Mobility. Panel 9. Contemporary issues related to human trafficking

Abstract

Modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) is an area where justice-involved people who have been exploited face complex challenges in both recovering from their experiences and achieving ongoing protection. It is also an area where prison services are lacking frameworks for providing comprehensive or systematic support. Challenges for prison services are compounded by the wide diversity of offending of those who experience MSHT victimisation and those involved in MSHT offending. In this paper, we set out to develop a framework to support justice-involved people who have experienced exploitation and prevent re-trafficking. We do so by exploring the concept of ‘reintegrative pathways’, developed by Corrections Victoria and designed to supported incarcerated women with social integration. In our paper we consider how this can be adapted by prison services in developing pathways to prevent trafficking and re-trafficking and work towards rehabilitation and reintegration.

Authors

• Larissa Sandy, University of Nottingham

• Ann Snowden, HM Prison & Probation Service