• Our Work
Prisoners Education Trust was established in 1989, the brainchild of the two founders, David Burton and Vernon Cocking. They had become disillusioned with the narrow range of classes on offer to prisoners, and with colleagues considered how a broader education could be provided.
Distance Learning fits the bill for many reasons, including:
- It reaches those prisoners who, for reasons of security, can’t attend classes.
- It enables us to offer prisoners a wide range of courses – currently over 100 vocational and academic courses.
- It offers continuity of study in spite of frequent transfers from prison to prison.
- It enables prisoners to use their sentences constructively, especially during the long hours of lock down.
