Unlock responds to review of education in prison

In September, Michael Gove announced a review of education in adult prisons. Unlock as a charity focuses on the problems that people face as a result of their criminal record. We do not provide education in prisons or in the community to individuals. However, we run a Helpline that deals with over 5,000 people with

Have you been blocked from working in probation/prison because of your criminal record?

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Raising awareness in prisons of changes to the ROA

We’re continuing our efforts to raise awareness of the changes to the ROA, but this time we’ve been focusing on prisons. Firstly, we wrote a news piece for the March 2014 edition of Inside Time. A copy of the news piece is below. We’ve also recorded a piece for the Prison Radio Associations’ ‘Outside In’
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Should former offenders be employed to mentor ex-prisoners?

We’ve given an interview on BBC Radio Wales to discuss Government plans to have former offenders as mentors. You can listen to the interview below.
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Banking before release

We’ve written a letter in this month’s edition of Inside Time, the prison newspaper, updating people on the progress of our Unlocking Banking project. You can read the letter here.
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The marketization of the Criminal Justice System – Who is the customer?

Our Christopher Stacey has written an article for the Probation Journal, looking at the marketisation of the criminal justice system, and asking a simple question; who is the customer? You can read the article here.
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