A new charity called Time Well Spent was launched by HMP Shepton Mallet on Friday, through which prisoners will be able to raise money for victims of crime by producing and selling art work.
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Longer sentencing does not reduce reoffending, says Justice Secretary
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Thoughtful piece in yesterday's Guardian by ex-offender Erwin James, about the reduction in reoffending rates of ex-offenders who took part in a crime desistance programme based around sports.
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Teri Walker, Recoop’s Project Manager at Leyhill Prison, has been awarded a Butler Trust Commendation and is to receive her award later this year at Buckingham Palace.
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"I find this Intervention absolutely invaluable and a great support to both staff and prisoners."
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"Do the crime, serve the time and pay the dime" in California, and "When the prisoners ran the prison" in Massachusetts
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It's now even easier to make a donation
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The number of people held in custody in England and Wales has recently topped 88,000 for the first time ever.
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We're collecting feedback from current and former service users, older offenders and ex-offenders in general, and our partners in the prison service, to guide us in the development of future services.
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On 27th October the Ministry of Justice published its latest reoffending data, which shows that older offenders are the only group not to display a fall in reoffending rates since 2000.
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Age UK publishes its Expert Series guide to working with older offenders in prison, "Supporting older people in prison: ideas for practice".
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Were you released from custody aged 50 or over? Or do you know of someone who was?
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Report shows that the public want to see offenders "make amends"
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The Times newspaper has published two articles about older prisoners, both of which feature RECOOP as an example of good practise in working with older offenders.
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Read comments from our service users at Eastwood Park women's prison on their experience of "The Rubies", RECOOP's older women prisoners group, during the time they spent there.
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Our 2011-2016 Business Plan is now available for you to download from this website. It covers the organisation's key aims and objectives over the next five years.
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On 25 June 2011 veterans in HMP Channings Wood commemorated military history when David Gammell, Help for Heroes Volunteer County Co-ordinator for Devon & Cornwall, planted a miniature weeping willow in a newly created flower bed ......
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Read the annual report of our work in Leyhill open prison.
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RECOOP is looking to expand its Board of Management.
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RECOOP's work in Eastwood Park women's prison is funded by Lankelly Chase. You can download our six-month report from this article.
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RECOOP's work in prisons has featured on the prison intranet site this week in two articles entitled: "Old on the Inside" and "Age old Answers".
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Online social care website www.communitycare.co.uk mentions RECOOP in an article on social care in prisons
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We are pleased to launch our new website.
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The RECOOP launch was an ideal opportunity for the RECOOP volunteers working in the Devon prison cluster to meet each other and talk about their various volunteering experiences.
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Online donations to RECOOP now possible
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RECOOP launch to help offenders and ex-offenders throughout the UK
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RECOOP's response to Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing
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Our Service Users' Voices page has been up-dated. Click on the link to the left.

A three year grant from the Lloyds TSB Foundation means that Liz Ropschitz can focus her experience in the mental health field for the benefit of the older prison population and ex offenders.
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A truly participatory creative music event for the older prisoner in HMP Dartmoor receives a Koestler 2010 Highly Commended Award for Singer-Songwriter with the CD ‘No Rhyme or Reason’.
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The Lobster Pot is the centre for all men aged over 50 at HMP Leyhill. It is managed by RECOOP (Resettlement and Care of Older ex-Offenders and Prisoners) and developed as part of an organic process in consultation with relevant prison staff ......
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On 26th October, a Health Marker Place was held in HMP Dartmoor, giving a full day of information and presentations to showcase some of the help and support available to our older prisoners to maintain physical and mental well-being.
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This report is mainly based on a survey of staff in prison establishments throughout England and Wales. The high response rate demonstrates a willingness to share information and improve practice in work with older people in prison.
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This table shows the population of prisoners aged 50 and over, by age group and sex, in England and Wales, as at 31st March 2010.
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This table shows Prisoners aged over 50 in Prisons in the South West, as at 31st March 2010
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   DOING HARDER TIME? THE EXPERIENCE OF AN AGEING MALE PRISON POPULATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES: SUMMARY OF THE MAIN FINDINGS   Dr Natalie Mann, University of Essex   Our society is unaccustomed to thinking about older people in terms of their involvement in crime and the criminal justice system. Saturated by stereotypical images of the elderly as frail victims of crime, the criminal experiences of this age group have been systematically ignored. However, the number of male prisoners...
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Information for older prisoners. Claiming state pensions and benefits after you are released. It is important to try and get your pension and benefits claims sorted out before you leave prison if you can.
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