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...