Clearsprings - update on ‘Bail Hostels’
In the company of MDC’s Corporate Director for Customer Services, Community Safety and Regulatory Services, I met with two representatives of Clearsprings, the property management firm tasked by the Government to provide homes for those offenders who have been released early from prison or persons who are awaiting trial.
The meeting certainly allayed fears I had about an influx of large numbers of ne’er do wells in the district. The people to be housed are perpetrators of what are considered to be low-level crimes. There will be no-one in these homes who has been convicted of arson, sexual assault, violence or paedophilia. The type of crimes that will have been committed by people who need accommodation are petty car crime, shop lifting and the like.
Any who have a drug or alcohol addiction, have to make a commitment to supported rehabilitation schemes and in addition will be tagged under the Home Detention Curfew scheme.
There are currently no sites in Mansfield identified for use by Clearsprings, contrary to reports.
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