Last year’s annual PLA Conference took place on 3 September, and was hosted by The Open University in Milton Keynes.
The conference included a panel of previous PLA Award winners, a panel discussing the impact of the new PEF and DPS contracts, as well as a talk from OFSTED regarding the new inspection framework.
Read a round-up of the conference and find presentation slides hereThe conference also hosts the PLA Awards, which recognise those who have made an inspiring contribution to prison education.
Nominations for this year’s conference have now closed. The winners for the different categories will be announced at the PLA Conference. The categories are:
Our wing is blessed/fortunate/staggeringly lucky to have her running our reading group, and to have her as a librarian.
Nomination for Fiona Hodgson, Librarian and PLA Award Winner, HMP Birmingham
Mark Brewster – HMP/YOI Nottingham
Paul Dance – HMP Littlehey
Perry Emms – HMP/YOI Norwich
Linda McLoughlin – HMP/YOI Bronzefield
Andrea Thompson – HMP Brixton
Viktoria Tsaroucha – HMP Lowdham Grange (now at HMP/YOI Lincoln)
Nathan Carby – HMP/YOI Isis
Steph Mythen – HMP/YOI Norwich
Andrew – HMP Whitemoor
Ishmail – HMP Haverigg (now at HMP Kirkham)
Shauna – HMP/YOI Bronzefield
Rachel Bailey – HMP Dartmoor
Tom Barker – HMP Ashfield
Sharon Campion – HMP Liverpool
Rowan Mackenzie – HMP Gartree
Dionne Emmanuel – HMYOI Feltham
Rachna Moudgil – HMYOI Feltham
Supriya Tamang – HMYOI Feltham
Read more about the 2019 award winners here
Kevin – HMP Maidstone
Josh – HMP Ranby
Stephen – HMP Portland
Stephen Rogers – Teacher, HMP Whitemoor
Lesley Bennetts – Art and Design tutor, HMP Swaleside
Andrew Morris – Student Support Services, HMP Ashfield
Ali Joubert and Jayne Bruce – Instructional Officers, HMP Huntercombe
John McCrae – Custodial Manager, HMP Onley
Louiza Nener – Employability teacher, HMP/YOI Feltham
Nico Hughes – Sports tutor, HMYOI Werrington
Martin Crowther, Simon Crowther, Nic Goodinson, Steve Koleszar and Mark Wilkinson – Land-based activities team, HMP/YOI New Hall
Fiona Hodgson – Acting Library Manager, HMP Birmingham
Sharon Baker – Business Hub Manager, HMP Wymott
George Sainsbury – Librarian, HMP Lowdham Grange
Read more about the 2018 award winners here
Anthony Sproston – HMYOI Werrington
Jack Peters – HMYOI Werrington
Daniel Rochester – HMYOI Werrington
Emmanuel – HMYOI Werrington
Winner: Roxy Ball – HMP Ranby
Teresa Rumbelow – HMP Parc
Geoff Sykes – HMP Gartree
Winner: Wendy Price – HMP Drake Hall
Michaela Fennel-Hyden – HMP Stafford
Ronnie Spence – HMP Northumberland
Winner: Governor Vicki Sampey – HMP Styal
Penny Nixon and Natalie Hylands
Simon Torrance
Winner: Oluseun – HMP Maidstone
Andrew – HMP Wandsworth
David – HMP Gartree
Emily Dewar Landridge – Feltham Young Offenders Institute, London
Sangeetha Navendren – Feltham Young Offenders Institute, London
Aleta Blackall – HMP Ford, Sussex
Mickie Griffiths – HMP Littlehey, Cambridgeshire
Cheryl Penn – HMP Usk, Bridgend
Ian Rampton – HMP Eastwood Park Women’s Prison, Gloucestershire.
Vilma Smith-Yates – HMP Wymott, Lancashire.
Sue Kane – HMP Low Newton Women’s prison
Trevor Latham – HMP Parc, Bridgend
Trudy Sketchley – HMP Swaleside
Emma Crow – Offender Supervisor specialist officer, HMP Frankland
Vicky Dickeson and Valerie Samual – librarians, HMP Swansea
Pierro Izzolino – St Giles Trust Coordinator, HMP Huntercombe
Michaela Taylor – Learning and Skills Manager, HMP Warren Hill
Dr Ruth Armstrong and Dr Amy Ludlow – Cambridge University and founders of ‘Learning Together’
Habib – HMP Swaleside, Kent
Paul – HMP Rochester, Kent
Tien – HMP Huntercombe, Oxfordshire
Nicholas – HMP Parc, Bridgend
Samuel – HMP Thameside, London
Janet Bowen – Maths teacher, HMP Low Moss
Liza-Ann McAllister (Maths and English teacher) and Amanda Leadbitter (Hospitality) – HMP Low Newton
Inigo Garrido – Prison Teacher, HMP Shotts
Officer Dodkin – HMP Isle of Wight – Albany
Officer Clive Vincent – HMP Erlestoke.
Marcus – Peer Mentor, HMP Swaleside
Leon – Peer Mentor, HMYOI Aylesbury
Craig – HMP Shotts
Sharon Von Holtz – HMP Grendon, Open University Co-ordinator
Hazel Lynn – HMP Glenochil, Learning Centre Manager:
Jenny Hunter – HMP Shotts, Health Improvement Practitioner
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