Justice Data Lab Re-offending Analysis: Prisoners’ Education Trust
An analysis by the Ministry of Justice's Justice Data Lab evidencing that PET's distance learning provision reduces reoffending.
An analysis by the Ministry of Justice's Justice Data Lab evidencing that PET's distance learning provision reduces reoffending.
Consultation response document on the management of young adults in custody, with particular focus on proposals to move all 18-20 year olds into the adult estate, high rates of reoffending among young adults and educational needs.
A document containing PLA's response to the Education Selects Committee inquiry on underachievement in education by white working class children, with a particular focus on the impact of having a parent in prison.
PLA's response to the Justice Select Committee's inquiry 'Crime reduction policies - A coordinated response' with a particular focus on the relationship between education and rehabilitation.
This toolkit is designed for prison officers and education staff who have an interest in improving education and learning opportunities in their prison. It aims to provide information, advice and ideas for effective ways of introducing Learner Voice into prison establishments.
Consultation response document on 'Transforming youth custody: Putting education at the heart of detention', re-emphasising points raised in the Standing Committe for Youth Justice response and adding several additional comments.
People over 60 are the fastest growing age group in the prison estate but their learning needs are often not met. This inquiry response was primarily informed by 31 responses from older prisoners to a PET survey. Respondents told us about their experience of learning in prison, how their learning needs might differ from the general population, and whether these needs were being met by the current provision.
A policy response document re-emphasising several points made by the Criminal Justice Alliance and drawing on our expertise and prisoner feedback, raising further issues relating to the valuable role of learning in prison and after release towards rehabilitation and reducing re-offending.
This report is based on the views of prisoner learners responding to a survey prepared by Prisoners Education Trust and distributed in the November 2011 edition of the prison newspaper Inside Time.
A report examining how sports-based learning can help prisoners engage in education, gain employment and desist from crime.
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