# Prison Leavers Innovation Challenge

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Justice](/buyers/ministry-of-justice/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Swansea University](/contract-winners/swansea-university/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £303,525
- Tender value: £303,525
- Award date: 24 March 2022
- Published: 26 August 2022
- Contract start: 26 July 2022
- Contract end: 30 September 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f4285b33-8ba3-4704-bcbb-710042c8e9af-567250
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-39746236-fb1b-4eb3-a244-13a1821b0698

## Description

The Prison Leavers Innovation Challenge is one of three strands of the Prison Leavers Project that will bring in private technological expertise to develop, test and pilot innovative methods to reduce crime and its impact on society\. The policy aim of the work is to test innovative ways to develop innovative new solutions to break the cycle of reoffending\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f4285b33-8ba3-4704-bcbb-710042c8e9af-567250)