Greggs, Co-op & more | Major firms join mission to get thousands of prisoners into work

Bosses from some of the UK’s most well known firms have joined an initiative to help prepare prisoners for the world of employment when their sentences are served.

Big name businesses including the Co-op, Greggs, Iceland and Oliver Bonas have been appointed as Employment Advisory Board chairs in 92 prisons, which help prepare prisoners nearing the end of their sentence for release into the community.