Prisoners' Education Trust
Prisoners Education Trust was established in 1989, the brainchild of the two founders, David Burton and Vernon Cocking. They had become disillusioned with the narrow range of classes on offer to prisoners, and with colleagues considered how a broader education could be provided. This led to the charity being founded.
Initially working in just Wandsworth prison, then gradually spreading, they now offer access to a grants programme to prisoners throughout England and Wales -the grants programme enables prisoners to study through distance learning.
Their policy library is not a comprehensive list but a selection of research, reports and other documents related to prisoner learning & skills, covering the following areas:
Crime & Punishment
Education & Learning
Health & Welfare
Mentoring & Volunteering
Policy & Law
Prisons & Prison Officers
Rehabilitation
Women
