
PLA responds to Justice Committee inquiry into the prison operational workforce
The PLA has responded to a recent MoJ inquiry into the prison workforce, highlighting the impact of prison officer shortages on education.
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The PLA has responded to a recent MoJ inquiry into the prison workforce, highlighting the impact of prison officer shortages on education.
Today, the Education Select Committee released their long awaited report on prison education. In this short blog, we look at their findings that focus on staff who support education delivery.
Ofsted have just released their research on education recovery in prisons looking at how prisons are reintroducing activities following the pandemic lockdown. Recovery in prisons has been much slower than in the community and Ofsted found too little progress.
Failing to teach prisoners to read is a massive missed opportunity. Read more about what needs to change.
The Education Select Committee are running an inquiry – are prisoners being left behind? Find out more and get involved here.
Following input from PLA members and discussions with our steering committee, we are pleased to announce our new key work streams.
The DPS (Dynamic Purchasing System) is the process individual prisons use to buy education services. How is it working? The Prisoner Learning Alliance has been working with Clinks to find out.
New figures on working after leaving prison released today.
Getting a job after being released is often key to stopping people committing crimes and resettling successfully. Read our new blog that looks at the latest employment figures for people six weeks after leaving prisons and makes the case for collecting education data too.
We have launched our new briefing, reviewing progress on the ground-breaking Coates Report, which reviewed prison education. It shows that while there has been some progress there is still a long way to go.
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