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Women’s Breakout is the only organisation that exists to shape national and local approaches to working with women who present with vulnerabilities and are in contact with, or at risk of becoming involved in, the Criminal Justice System.
Key facts about women in the Criminal Justice System
70%
of sentenced women entering prison in the year to June 2016 were serving six months or less.
40%
Nearly 40% of women in prison left school before the age of 16 years.
Latest news
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Women’s Breakout merger into Clinks
1 August 2017 -
Women's Breakout AGM 2017
11 July 2017 -
The Future of Women's Breakout
12 June 2017
In the Blog
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It works! Why?
3 April 2017 -
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Service user engagement and deaths in custody
30 January 2017
Featured Case Study
Clean Break, London, Michelle's story
"I came here just sober but didn’t realise how far I still had to go. I had no social skills and I had 'keep away' written on my head. My self-confidence was on the floor."


