A new report urges banks to do more to help former prisoners access bank accounts essential for finding work, housing, and receiving benefits.
The report, from Victoria University and financial mentoring service FinCap, calls for better support on release, financial capability workshops in prisons, and easy-to-set-up "basic" bank accounts.
Former banker David Verry is a financial mentor who has been volunteering with prisoners and ex-inmates for many years now.
He joins Emile to discuss the work he does.
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