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User Voice was created for and is run by people who have been in prison and on probation. Lived experience means we engage empathetically instead of sympathetically.
We exist to reduce offending and improve rehabilitation by working with the most marginalised people in and around the criminal justice system. We ensure that practitioners and policy-makers hear their voices.
Since 2009, User Voice has employed over 300 people with lived experience (more than half volunteered with us) and given a voice to over 150,000 people in prisons and on probation.
User Voice is always looking for passionate people with lived experience of the criminal justice system to join our movement and give people a voice as a volunteer or team member.
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I like being able to talk to other service users and that I can be the one to make a difference for other people. By saying I’ve been an offender, I’m showing that if you put your mind to it you won’t go back.
Because I feel I can relate, being an ex-offender who has developed a can-do attitude. I feel I can help people who have been in the situation I was in.”
