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Prison Education
Prison education is “chaotic”, says the House of Commons Education Select Committee, and often “inadequate” says Ofsted. Yet, if done right, it can help reduce offending, and the number of victims, by giving prisoners the skills they need to get a job upon release. It’s no small task. Over half of prisoners have reading ages below 11. A large proportion have special educational needs. Many were expelled from school and have no qualifications. Yet education doesn’t seem to have been a priority. Now the government has promised a "step-change" for an improved Prisoners Education Service for England and Wales in its White Paper. Can it deliver?
In a special edition of Law in Action Joshua Rozenberg speaks to people whose expertise and experience spans the spectrum of prison education:
• Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor
• Chair of the Education Select Committee Robert Halfon MP
• Governor Steven Johnson, Head of Reducing Reoffending at HMP Leeds, who speaks on education for the Prison Governors Association
• Open University criminology lecturer, manager for students in secure environments, PhD candidate and former prisoner Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski
• David Breakspear, former prisoner and prison education campaigner
• Joe Tarbert, Employment Support and Partnerships Manager at Redemption Roasters
• Neah, former prisoner and trainee barista at Redemption Roasters
Joshua puts some of their concerns to the Prisons Minister Victoria Atkins MP, and hears about the government's plans to improve prison education.
Presenter: Joshua Rozenberg
Producer: Arlene Gregorius
Editor: Hugh Levinson
Production coordinator: Maria Ogundele and Helena Warwick-Cross
Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar
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Prison education is “chaotic”, says the House of Commons Education Select Committee, and often “inadequate” says Ofsted. Yet, if done right, it can help reduce offending, and the number of victims, by giving prisoners the skills they need to get a job upon release. It’s no small task. Over half of prisoners have reading ages below 11. A large proportion have special educational needs. Many were expelled from school and have no qualifications. Yet education doesn’t seem to have been a priority. Now the government has promised a "step-change" for an improved Prisoners Education Service for England and Wales in its White Paper. Can it deliver?
In a special edition of Law in Action Joshua Rozenberg speaks to people whose expertise and experience spans the spectrum of prison education:
• Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor
• Chair of the Education Select Committee Robert Halfon MP
• Governor Steven Johnson, Head of Reducing Reoffending at HMP Leeds, who speaks on education for the Prison Governors Association
• Open University criminology lecturer, manager for students in secure environments, PhD candidate and former prisoner Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski
• David Breakspear, former prisoner and prison education campaigner
• Joe Tarbert, Employment Support and Partnerships Manager at Redemption Roasters
• Neah, former prisoner and trainee barista at Redemption Roasters
Joshua puts some of their concerns to the Prisons Minister Victoria Atkins MP, and hears about the government's plans to improve prison education.
Presenter: Joshua Rozenberg
Producer: Arlene Gregorius
Editor: Hugh Levinson
Production coordinator: Maria Ogundele and Helena Warwick-Cross
Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar
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