'Sex offenders not treated'
A joint report by the prisons and probation inspectorates has called for a "significant culture shift" after finding that many sex offenders are not offered treatment to change their behaviour.
Report: Sex offenders are being released without treatment
A report into sex offenders in the prison system has found that many are being released from prison before going on treatment schemes designed to change their behaviour.
Around one in three offenders require treatment programmes but many opportunities to reform these individuals were being missed, the joint report by the prisons and probation inspectorates said.
It also raised fears that prison staff were being groomed or intimidated by gangs and high-risk sexual and violent offenders.
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