'The Dusty Knuckle is a safe space. There is trust, and as long as you do your work, you can be yourself.' This bakery offers traineeships to ex-offenders who have recently been released from prison - with many of them going on to take up full-time jobs.
a group of young men recently released from prison, when a‘Nah, there isn’t any support at all,' adds Liam*, from'I was 16 when I went in and 28 when I was released – the transition in that time, it doesn’t get bigger than that, coming out as an adult.
‘It wasn’t guaranteed I was going to get out as I didn’t have a release date, but I contacted them anyway because I believed I was,' he explains. ‘I don’t intent to work here forever, this is for money now while I look into other things. I’m still seeing what’s available and taking each step at a time.’
‘While I was incarcerated, my mum reached out to Switchback, so I had a meeting and it went on from there,' he tells Metro.co.uk. Switchback, by comparison, was a breath of fresh air, says James. Now he has a mentor he sees weekly who is 'always checking up' on him.
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