Unlock responds to review of education in prison
Thursday, 19 November 2015
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
- Published in Education, Prison, Unlock publications
Have you been blocked from working in probation/prison because of your criminal record?
Friday, 20 February 2015
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Raising awareness in prisons of changes to the ROA
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
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’
- Published in Prison, Unlock in the media, Way ROA works
Should former offenders be employed to mentor ex-prisoners?
Tuesday, 05 March 2013
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.
- Published in Employment, Prison, Probation, Unlock in the media
Banking before release
Tuesday, 01 January 2013
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.
- Published in Bank accounts, Prison, Unlock in the media
The marketization of the Criminal Justice System – Who is the customer?
Saturday, 01 December 2012
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.
- Published in Prison, Probation, Unlock in the media