Understaffed and underfunded: the impact of staff shortages on prison education
The new HM Inspectorate of Prisons inspection report reveals how staff shortages are affecting education in prison.
The new HM Inspectorate of Prisons inspection report reveals how staff shortages are affecting education in prison.
Our Head of Policy, Francesca Cooney examines the findings of the recent report on prison education from the Education Select Committee.
The report paints a grim picture of prisons struggling to manage, and failing to provide much needed education during lockdown and beyond.
The annual report paints a grim picture of prisons struggling to manage and failing to provide much needed education and activities.
The new trustees include a former prison governor, a further education college vice principal, and the founder of a fundraising challenge.
Without immediate action to reinstate education in prisons, people will return to their communities “deskilled, disillusioned and discouraged”.
PET’s Chief Executive responds to the new report on the issue of separation of children in Young Offenders’ Institutions.
At any one time, up to 1000 children can be in prisons or secure training centres. Francesca Cooney, our Head of Policy, reviews the recent report from HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) on children in custody and outlines what it tells us about access to education.
The Ofsted Annual Report paints a concerning picture of prison education, with many prisons still not showing enough signs of improvement. PET’s Head of Policy takes a look at what needs to change.
The new Justice ministers have just taken on huge and urgent responsibilities. If they find time for some background reading around prisons, what might that be, and what messages could they draw from it?
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