[ALICE] At Switchback we work with
18-30 year old young men
who we meet in the prisons.
We support these guys
through the prison gate
and into employment
or wherever it is that they want to go.
They're all young men who
choose to come onto
the Switchback Programme,
make a new start
and do things differently
and the Switchback Mentor
is the person at the heart of that process.
[RICHARD] Switchback Mentors work with
potential Trainees for up to
three months before release
so it's a very intensive
exploration of why and how somebody's
going to make a change when they get released.
Once someone is released from prison,
Switchback Mentors are there on the very first day,
meeting them at probation,
and getting the ball rolling
with them coming into the Cafe and
coming into the Switchback offices.
[TAPIWA] When I was in prison, Sophie came along.
She told me about Switchback
and then she told me about the Cafe and everything
so I said I was interested in it
and from there when I came out
I said to her I'm gonna get involved in it
'cause I do want to change my life
and Switchback, you know, is perfect.
So I meet Joe, and once a week
we review our action plan
and then sometimes I'd have to go to probation,
maybe go to the Job Centre,
and the Cafe shift as well.
See, if I'm feeling low I'll call him
to ask to see what he thinks about it.
[RICHARD] Often these young men have
never worked before
and to be brave enough to start afresh
can be incredibly difficult.
But seeing these guys shift
the way that they see themselves
interacting with society at large
that, in itself, for me as a Switchback Mentor is
the most rewarding aspect of the job.
[ALICE] One of the really shocking national statistics
is that 46% of people
coming out of prison
are back inside within a year
so one of the things that we're really proud of is
that, with Switchback Trainees,
our reoffending rate is actually 9%.
[TAPIWA] I used to see, like, a dark...
The darkness of the future
but I reckon I could see myself
this time definitely going somewhere.
I don't see myself, not one bit, going back
to the old lifestyle.
I'm completely a different person
to what I was there,
involved in crime and stuff.
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