Analysing prison education, looking at policies and acts; mainly looking at Prison White Paper (2021) and Shannon Trust Model. Evaluating what impact prison education has, how it can be improved, identifying positives and negatives, what policies should be introduced.
Prison White Paper (December
Provide ed 2021):
& training
10 yr view
Aim = protect public & cut crime
Prison pop is rising (20,000 more
Prison prison spaces)
Rehabilitation services must be
Eduatio more effective
n Challenge:
Strateg Prison education should become
Provide
y Increase more effective BUT with less
opportunitie
opportunities investment
for work after More For Less 2019 = 46%
s to work sentenced
prison
6months or less
Aim: 82,000 people
Purposeful activity = prisoners safer &
secure places.
Education + work = less re-offending
Who is in
2019 = More
than 1 in 10
prison?
(11%) on
remand 2019 =
56,000
2019 = 2/3rds people
had drug 2019 =
issues many had
variety of
complex
needs
Prison Educational Culture:
All prisoners require sentence plan, setting direction & objectives
Offender management system = give each prisoner key worker to encourage &
hold to account
Punishment when engaging in violence or disruption
Proportionate rewards & opportunities, prepares them to lead crime-free lives once
released Prison Population General Population
Gained no qual. = 47% Gained no qual. = 15%
Homeless before arrest = 15% Homeless before arrest = 4%
Unemployed 4 weeks prior arrest = Unemployed 4 weeks prior arrest
68% = 7.7%
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