College News20 Jan 2006 01:51 am
New Plans to improve Offender Learning
The Government is publishing a green paper on training and skills for prisoners. It sets out how the Government plans to transform the skills and employment prospects of prisoners when they leave jail. The aim is to reduce the number of ex-prisoners who re-offend by improving their employment prospects. A green paper is a proposal published by the government that allows the public to debate a particular topic. They now want to know what employers, the prison service, practitioners and members of the public think of their proposals.
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