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A 2009 study found that in the UK, every £1 spent on prison education saved taxpayers £2.50. [73] The 2013 RAND Corporation study estimated that every dollar spent on education saves taxpayers $4 to $5, [23] [154] [155] and that to break even on the cost of education programmes, recidivism must be reduced by between 1.9% and 2.6%. [156]
The Forum on Prisoner Education was a UK registered charity founded in 2000 to campaign to improve prison education in England and Wales.Its founding members included Professor David Wilson, and a manager of education at HMP Wandsworth in London.
Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) is a registered charity that works in prisons in England and Wales. [1] It offers distance learning courses and educational advice and guidance to people in prison. It was founded in HMP Wandsworth in 1989. [2] In 2022, PET helped 1,375 people in prison start a course. [3]
Prisons have historically used Incentive and Enhanced Privilege systems, known as IEPs, to encourage prisoners to behave well, and participate in mandatory labour and education, by assigning each prisoner a designation of "standard", "basic" or "enhanced".
Reformatory schools were penal facilities originating in the 19th century that provided for criminal children and were certified by the government starting in 1850. As society's values changed, the use of reformatories declined and they were coalesced by an Act of Parliament into a single structure known as approved schools.
Although originally created to be a typical prison, Borstal evolved into something new, with the name still recognised today. The redesigned prison regime focused on education rather than punishment, aiming to avoid inmates reoffending. [3] The system was developed on a national basis and formalised in the Prevention of Crime Act 1908.
His Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) is a part of HM Prison and Probation Service (formerly the National Offender Management Service), which is the part of His Majesty's Government charged with managing most of the prisons within England and Wales (Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own prison services: the Scottish Prison Service and the ...
The regime of a Young Offender Institution is similar to that of an adult prison. There are slight differences, notably a lower staff-to-offender ratio . Prisoners serving sentences at Young Offender Institutions are expected to participate in at least 25 hours of education per week, aimed at behaviour improvement, practical skill development ...