We feature the latest news about our work and share views from our staff and other prison education experts.
Online event: meeting the needs of prison learners
Join us at this online event and get to know more about what Prisoners’ Education Trust does and how we are helping people in prison.
Dalton’s story: “I felt like someone believed in me”
We’ve launched our new five year strategy for 2022-2026. Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) alumnus, Dalton Harrison, was a member of our strategy development group, working to find ways in which PET can help more people and offer better support. His story below features as the strategy’s foreword.
PET puts inclusion at heart of new strategy
Prisoners’ Education Trust has launched its new strategy, setting out plans to make sure everyone in prison has access to education.
Women in prison: PET submits written evidence to parliament
Prisoners’ Education Trust has submitted written evidence to the Justice Select Committee inquiry on women in prison, as it explores how well women’s needs are met in prison.
Prisons after lockdown: creating a positive environment for studying
In the last of three blogs on how prisons are recovering from the pandemic and what this means for prison learners, PET’s Head of Policy Francesca Cooney reflects on the changes to in-cell study and the support that learners need to succeed.
Prisons after lockdown: changing the core day
In PET’s second blog about how prisons are recovering from the pandemic, we look at the changes we would like to see to the core day.
Prisons after lockdown: restrictions, regimes and recovery
The first of three blogs about how prisons are recovering from the pandemic and what this means for prison learners.
PET launches new Course Prospectus for 2021-22
Based on feedback from learners, prison and education staff, and the expert advice team here at PET, we’ve improved and refreshed our prospectus and now offer over 120 courses to people in prison.
Children’s education in prison: “Woefully lacking and poorly delivered”
Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in England are taking too long to recover from the pandemic, according to the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) Annual Report.