Focus Areas

We offer prison and community rehabilitation services to reduce reoffending, protect the public, and drive positive outcomes in the criminal justice system. We treat offenders with dignity, offering them the skills, qualifications, support and opportunity to lead law-abiding lives in their community.

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Prison services

We deliver the total operation of five prisons in England and Scotland, managing over 5,000 prisoners in high and medium security facilities, of which over 800 are women.

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Community services

We work with some of the most disadvantaged in society, with the aim of changing their lives for the better.

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Justice partnerships

We work in partnership with organisations to improve the outcomes for the people in our care. Our partners share our vision and help us to achieve our aim to change lives for the better.

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Delivering social value

We believe that as a business that delivers public services we are signing a social contract, as well as the commercial one. Learn more about our work, our partnerships and how we bring social value to everything we do.

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Change lives for the better with your career

There is more to working in a prison than being a Prison Custody Officer. Our prisons are small communities that offer opportunities for Healthcare roles including nurses, tutors, FM roles and much more.

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Case studies

From working with local communities to partnering with government, read our varied range of case studies that demonstrate our contribution to reducing re-offending and delivering social value.

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Download our Sodexo UK Justice brochure

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Our Ethical Principles

We observe stringent ethical principles and only operate custodial services in democratic countries that do not have the death penalty, where our employees are not required to carry firearms and where the ultimate goal of imprisonment is prisoner rehabilitation.