Professor Guatam Gulati:

I echo some points made by Deputy Tully. It is not just about housing. It is not enough just to provide housing. For real meaningful inclusion there needs to be support with employment, location, and physical and mental healthcare. The Deputy also spoke about the right to choice. It is important to echo what Ms Fitzpatrick also said. Something I come across weekly is someone with a disability leaving prison. Everyone, including the people themselves, do their best to psych up to this important point in their lives when they leave prison. Two or three weeks later, they have returned to prison. When we ask what happened we find that in reality their choices are restricted. They say their choice was to sleep outside where it is really cold or to break a window and come back to prison where at least they get a roof over their heads and three meals. In reality the choices are restricted. This is all I have to say.