The UK government recently announced an extra £93 million will be invested over the next three years to recruit 500 additional community payback staff.
This means that a record breaking 8 million hours of community payback will be served by offenders each year. Requiring offenders to give back to communities not only delivers a just punishment, but sends out a clear signal to other criminals, and residents, that crime does not pay.
I want to ensure that residents of Ynys Môn not only see the benefit of this scheme, but also have a say and play a part in where and on what the time is spent.
Community Payback is where offenders work on projects to pay back the community for their crimes, for example by removing graffiti, clearing wasteland or decorating a community centre.
I would like to hear your suggestions as to specific projects or areas that you think would benefit from the community payback scheme. .
