Housing of paedophiles in probation hostels

The Home Secretary, Dr Reid, has instructed the National Offender Management Service to implement a ‘restricted admission’ policy at certain probation hostels, which are situated within close proximity to schools.

Jul 13, 2006
By Centrex Legal Evaluation Dept

The Home Secretary, Dr Reid, has instructed the National Offender Management Service to implement a ‘restricted admission’ policy at certain probation hostels, which are situated within close proximity to schools.

11 of the 100 or so probation hostels in England and Wales to which ex-offenders are being sent to live after their release from prison will no longer be used to house convicted paedophiles.

These are: 

  • Haworth House, Blackburn.
  • Norfolk Park Hostel, Sheffield.
  • Kirk Lodge, Leicester.
  • St Johns, Leeds.
  • Bunbury House, Ellesmere Port.
  • Elliot House, Birmingham.
  • Camden House, London.
  • McIntyre House, Nuneaton.
  • Wordsworth House, Lincoln.
  • Staitheford House, Stafford.
  • Luton House, Luton.

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