This is a clip from the CSJ's Annual Awards from this July. The charity gaining the Award was SOS Gangs.

In 2000, the founder Junior Smart was given a 12 year prison sentence for high level drug offences that he committed as part of a gang. Once inside he embraced the opportunities provided by the education department and became a classroom mentor. On parole he travelled to Rochester YOI every to 'give something back' eventually finding out about the St Giles Trust and becoming a mentor for them. Form there, he was given support and structure to set up SOS gangs.

of their 50 clients on 10% re-offend, compared to the national average of 75%. The mentors who are all ex-prisoners provide 24/7 support and often become like extended family, for example, meeting them at the gates when they leave prison and providing intervention at crucial times.