Boys in PrisonBoys in Prison

What about their education?

560 young people aged

15 – 19 years are incarcerated in our

Prisons (Dept of Corrections, January 18, 2009)

The situation at presentThe situation at present

How can it be better?How can it be better?

What does the Law say?What does the Law say?

S3 of the 1989 Education Act states:

“..every person who is not a foreignstudent is entitled to free enrolment and free education at any state school during the period beginning on the person’s 5th birthday and ending on the 1st day of January after the person’s 19th birthday.”

The Education Act in prisons is The Education Act in prisons is acknowledged by the Corrections acknowledged by the Corrections

Act 2004Act 2004

S78 of the Corrections Act states that:

2) The Crown is not required to provide a prisoner with any of the education referred to in subection(1)(c) free of charge unless-

a) there is an entitlement to receive that education free of charge (whether under the Education Act of 1989 or under another enactment)

Snapshot of four young prisonersSnapshot of four young prisoners

All went to pre school All went to primary school to age of 9 Three were truanting by the age of 10 One had left school by age of 10All suffered traumatic eventsAt least two suffered sexual abuse

Continued….Continued….

All were alienated from their familiesTwo dropped out before the age of 14

yearsThree had hearing problems Three of the four could do mathematics

in their headsOnly one managed to sit national

exams All wanted to address their educational

needs

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A SolutionA Solution

What about a School for Prisoners?

Is basic formal education acriminogenic need?

The New Millenium SchoolroomThe New Millenium Schoolroom