Since 1989 Prisoners’ Education Trust has been providing access to broader learning opportunities for prisoners to enhance their chances of building a better life after release.

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29 Jan 2019

Learning from our learners

We want to learn from the men and women who we fund – to gain perspectives that are honest, personal and rooted in reality. So recently we held workshops in three prisons, involving current and potential PET learners, to find out their perspectives.

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PET joined children and their fathers at HMP Parc to produce an animated film showing the positive impact of education inside.

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