Long-term prisoners have often forgotten how to live as an independent person in the community. The reoffending rate with life sentence prisoners is very, very low. The problem is not usually reoffending, but things like learning to balance a budget and other very basic things. Nacro projects also offer education and training. The association's policy is to be open about the overall purpose of its housing projects, which have to be submitted to local authority planning meetings for approval.
Communication has an important role to play in reassuring people.
But individual offenders are entitled to some privacy. They often have a warped perception of child sexuality, like people who abuse women think they want or deserve it. Treatments that challenge that can be successful. Nacro says psychiatrists are split on the effectiveness of treating people with personality disorders. It says that is why other professionals, such as child and behavioural psychologists, should be brought on board.