“I’ve spent my entire policing career thinking the best thing for anyone who commits crime is prison. Now, I understand that some people make bad choices and are dealt a bad hand in life, but they aren’t bad people and they can turn their life around with the right help.”
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Former Detective Inspector Mark Wilkinson, who retired from policing two years ago before returning to the Force within the Integrated Offender Management (IOM) programme, is determined to change the mindset of his colleagues and the wider public now he has seen first-hand the impact the programme has had on offenders.