Telford-based Komplex Community expects to see an increase in demand in the coming months.
More than 1,700 inmates have been let out early in England and Wales to ease overcrowding in prisons.
She said she expected to see an increase in the number of referrals over the coming weeks or months as a result. Ms Hillman said around a third of the prison population has some form of mental health condition and that her company's work was "all about ensuring they can live safely in the community".Ms Hillman said her company worked with jails across the country and added: "It varies from prison to prison, but overcrowding means the existing support is massively stretched."
The plan was triggered by the Labour government days after the general election, but officials had already been drawing it up
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