Submitted on Thursday 21st February 2019
Rejected on Monday 4th March 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Change policy for people recovered from drug/alcohol addiction
Currently people who are in long term recovery from drug/alcohol addiction/misuse who have a related criminal history are still stigmatised due to that period of their life. Although the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act states convictions are 'spent', people with such history experience inequality
One of my staff who is in long term recovery, witnessed an incident of intimate partner violence to a client being supported. After giving a witness statement, and supporting the victim to prosecute, my colleague supported the client to court. Prior to the court hearing, my colleague was told the case had been rejected by the CPS due to my colleague being an 'unreliable witness' - the reason being my colleague's historic (13yrs ago) offences directly linked to past drug/addiction related crime
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you're concerned about how people are stigmatised due to convictions related to addiction, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a new petition asking the UK Parliament and Government to prevent the disclosure of spent convictions of people in recovery, if that's something you'd like to happen.
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