Brain Cells: Listening to prisoner learners
Brain Cells: Listening to prisoner learners (May 2009)
This Report was commissioned by the Prisoners Education Trust Offender Learning Matters project, working with Inside Time, the newspaper for prisoners. The report summarises the results of a survey prepared jointly by the Trust and Inside Time, published by them in October 2008.
The primary aim was to explore prisoners’ experiences of education and learning in prison, in the context of their educational achievements before entering custody and their aspirations for life after release.
468 respondents completed the survey which contained 36 questions covering the profile of respondents, their experiences and perceptions of the education and learning in which they had, (or had not), participated whilst in custody. It also explored prisoners’ expectations and aspirations in relation to life after release and the impact of learning on life chances. The survey can be viewed on the web at:
http://www.insidetime.org/backissues/Education%20Supplement.pdf
