CAREERS SPECIAL: Prisoners help to plug employment gap

With only 17 per cent of prison leavers entering employment within a year of release, Hannah Binns spoke to New Futures Network’s Lance Harris about how agricultural business can access this labour pool.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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CAREERS SPECIAL: Prisoners help to plug employment gap

With only 17 per cent of prison leavers entering employment within a year of release, Hannah Binns spoke to New Futures Network's Lance Harris about how agricultural business can access this labour pool...

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