The Prisoner Learning Alliance has been campaigning for greater access to digital technology since we began. When faced with potential staff shortages and longer lock-up, the case for greater access to in-cell technology comes into its own.
In the lead up to International Women’s Day, we hear from some of the winners of PLA’s awards about their work in prison education.
PLA has published a new report, Leadership in Prison Education: Meeting the challenges of the new system.
The Ministry of Justice have extended the maximum length of Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) contracts to two years, a move called for by the Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA).
The Dynamic Purchasing System launched over a year ago. In this blog post, we take a look at the DPS on year on, and how prisons are using DPS and which areas are being funded.
Evidence submitted by the PLA has been used in the Justice Select Committee’s new review of Prison Governance.
On the 3 September, the PLA held its annual conference. We heard lots of interesting speakers and presentations. Here is a summary of the workshop presentations and a link to the slides.
Peer mentor Ishmail writes to us from prison to talk about how he became a peer mentor and reflect on memorable experiences from the role.
On 3 September the PLA held its annual awards at the Open University campus in Milton Keynes. The awards celebrate the staff and mentors making a real difference in prison education.
The DPS (Dynamic Purchasing System) is the process individual prisons use to buy education services. How is it working? The Prisoner Learning Alliance has been working with Clinks to find out.
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