Andrew HarlandPrincipal Adult Education Officer

Hull City Council

Innovations in

Adult LearningInside and Outside

Prison

Innovations in

Adult LearningInside and Outside

Prison

High levels of social deprivation

Low levels of adult literacy and numeracy

Low attainment in schools

High unemployment

A ‘failure culture’

The City of Hull has:

Hull Adult Education is a specialist provider of formal and informal educational opportunities to adults.

Our courses range from yoga and pottery to digital imaging

We operate in 5 Adult Education Centres and 120 sites across the city

We operate the education departments in 2 local prisons

We have about 17,000 enrolments each year

Basic literacy and numeracy tuition forms a major parts of our role

Hull Adult Education operates the education departments in two local prisons:

Hull and Everthorpe

Most of the inmates of these prisons come from Hull and return to Hull after release.

Around 130,000 people pass through UK prisons each year

Offenders, Prisons and Education

58% of those released re-offend within two years

81% of prisoners do not have writing skills up to a "level one" standard - equivalent to an 11-year old

65% have numeracy skills at or below an 11-year-old's

49% of men imprisoned and 71% of women have no qualifications at all

Prisoners are 10 times as likely as the general population to have been regular truants at school.

Half of male sentenced prisoners were excluded from school

Take up of education in prison is calculated to reduce re-offending by 12%

‘On the Out’Basic skills in local communities project

Ex-offenders their families and friends

Embedded basic skills

‘On the Out’

Encourage prisoners to continue education on release from prison

Offer basic skills support & optional accreditation in the community

Encourage progression

Preparation for employment & the job market

Increase skills, self-confidence & self esteem

‘On the Out’6 – 12 week courses

2-3 hours per session

Combining Literacy/Numeracy with a subject of interest

Optional accreditation E1-L2 in conjunction with National Standards accredited through City & Guilds

All courses referenced to the Adult Literacy/Numeracy Core Curriculum

‘On the Out’ Courses

‘Prison!

No - way!’

Me!

A National Charity founded in Hull

It aims to persuade young people not to offend by showing them the harsh realities of prison life

It uses interactive media film and drama to show how offending can lead to imprisonment

It draws on the experience of prison officers, teachers and former prisoners

‘Prison! Me! No-way!,’

‘Prison! Me! No-way!,’

encourage young people towards positive lifestyles

dissuade young people from committing crime

PMNW was established to do three things –

correct myths about imprisonment

correct myths about imprisonment

PMNW believes it's vital to give an accurate view of the inside of prisons.

"We found they had the most amazing preconceptions."

“They had no idea how harsh prison was or how prisoner's families are affected."

correct myths about imprisonment

correct myths about imprisonment

In classroom sessions, PMNW uses role playing, mock courts and other techniques to explore prison realities

Today, the initiative involves more than 550 volunteer prison staff working in 110 prisons and more than 2,000 secondary schools throughout the UK

Family Learning Programmes

Encourages parents to take an interest in children’s education

Addresses adult literacy needs as well as helping children to learn

Promotes a ‘learning culture’

Family Learning

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Family LearningProgrammes

Family Literacy Workshops

Family Numeracy Workshops

Help your Child with Reading

Help your Child with Maths

SHARE‘Storysacks’Writing Bedtime

StoriesHarry PotterLanguages for

FamiliesFamily History

Family LearningProgrammes

A new learning block has been set up at Hull Prison

Wives and children of some prisoners are invited in for family learning sessions with fathers

Family Learning in Prison

Conclusion and questions.

Family Learning in Prison

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