By Ellie Bothwell. Law students from the University of Warwick have so far been involved in 36 death penalty cases in the US. More...
31 juillet 2015
29 juillet 2015
VIP: Vocational training In Prison
C'est bien ce qu'ont compris la compagnie Lazzarelle et ses partenaires européens lorsqu'ils ont créé le projet VIP: Vocational training In Prison. Avec pour objectif de permettre une inclusion sociale et économique sûre et durable des détenus, le projet VIP propose des échanges de bonnes pratiques et d'analyses entre les différents partenaires européens. Si l'inclusion des détenus est l'objectif ultime de ce projet, la formation des professionnels est l'objectif permettant d'y parvenir. En effet, le projet VIP propose une formation pour les professionnels qui souhaitent travailler avec le milieu pénitentiaire et qui sont intéressés par l'apprentissage de nouvelles compétences, pour éviter ainsi toute situation et intervention inappropriée. Voir l'article...
29 juillet 2015
Free online course provider offering new hope to formerly incarcerated
ALISON, the world’s largest free online learning platform for workplace skills, today launched a free advanced diploma that will help the formerly incarcerated gain valuable academic credentials and job skills, bolstering their chances of re-entering the workforce.
The Advanced Diploma in Workforce Re-Entry Skills includes course streams covering basic study skills training, practical workforce skills training, such as IT skills, and soft skills training as per those required for professional relationships and customer service roles. The course was developed with the assistance of some of America’s leading correctional education experts. More...
15 juillet 2015
Formation des détenus. La Région signe une convention
Depuis le 1er janvier 2015, la Région « finance et organise la formation professionnelle des personnes sous-main de justice », conformément à la loi du 5 mars 2014. Ce transfert a fait l'objet d'une convention signée le 17 juin 2015. Voir l'article...
5 juillet 2015
It’s time to bring college educations back to prisons
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Last month, congressional leaders introduced the Restoring Education and Learning (REAL) Act. The REAL Act would reverse a 1994 ban on federal aid in the form of Pell grants for incarcerated people to access postsecondary educational opportunities in prison.Read more.
4 juillet 2015
Columbia Will Divest From Private Prison Companies
Columbia University's board voted Monday to divest its endowment from private prison companies, CNN reported. Columbia may be the first American college or university to adopt such a policy. Student and faculty groups have been urging the shift. Read more...
4 juillet 2015
Trailer Arrives for Film on Stanford Prison Experiment
The trailer has arrived for a film, being released nationally next month, about the Stanford Prison Experiment (which is the name of the film as well), a controversial experiment at Stanford University in 1971 in which students were assigned to play the roles of prisoners and prison guards. Read more...
23 juin 2015
Improve prison education to cut crime, UK government urged
Improving prison education will help to cut crime and reduce the cost of reoffending, according to campaigners, Tes reports.
The Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA) which represents 23 organisations including the Association of Colleges, the Open University and the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, has today urged ministers to give education a greater priority in prisons to help reduce the cost of repeat offending, which is estimated to be between £9 billion to £13 billion a year. More...
25 mai 2015
Democratic Bill on Pell for Prisoners
A group of six Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday introduced legislation that would reinstate Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated college students. Congress in 1994 banned the use of Pell Grants by prisoners in state and federal prisons. Read more...
25 mai 2015
Bringing Back Pell for Prisoners
By Paul Fain. The U.S. Department of Education is poised to announce a limited exemption to the federal ban on prisoners receiving Pell Grants to attend college while they are incarcerated.
Correctional education experts and other sources said they expect the department to issue a waiver under the experimental sites program, which allows the feds to lift certain rules that govern aid programs in the spirit of experimentation. If the project is successful, it would add to momentum for the U.S. Congress to consider overturning the ban it passed on the use of Pell for prisoners in 1994. Read more...
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