New centre in Wales offers alternative to prison for women
Before that, she had multiple miscarriages, a difficult childhood and other trauma, which left her feeling suicidal.
She said: "My mental health was really low, I think I would have benefited definitely from having community support and professional help rather than being sent to prison."My core issue was addiction. Because I was in prison for such a short time, I couldn't actually address any of my issues. Danielle is now studying for a degree and works with offenders, supporting and rehabilitating them, as well as working as a personal wellbeing coach with the St Giles Trust Cymru charity.
Offenders not required to live there will also be able to access services provided by the centre, staffed by the probation service.Emma Jones runs Include, a community hub which already works with female offenders in Swansea. "The exciting thing about the residential women's centre is that it will force partnership working in one place," said Ms Jones.The site is subject to planning permission and once opened will run as a pilot for five years.UK government minister Victoria Atkins MP said she would watch the pilot's findings "with enormous interest".
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