Timebank Lets Inmates Help Community On the Outside Macaskill Praises Innovative Payback Scheme at Prison

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JUSTICE Secretary Kenny MacAskill went behind bars to hear about a revolutionary scheme where prison inmates can benefit a Glasgow community.

Prisoners at HMP Shotts who volunteer their free time for the prison's peer-to-peer counselling service can now 'donate' their time to a community Timebank, the first of its kind in the UK.

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Timebank Lets Inmates Help Community On the Outside Macaskill Praises Innovative Payback Scheme at Prison

Castlemilk Timebank, which was established eight years ago, operates on the basis that one hour of volunteering e...

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