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October 23, 2004
Prisons 'holding back learning'
BBC News Online, October 21, 2004
The "bang 'em up and bash 'em" approach of some prison officers is preventing inmates from improving their education, MPs have been told. Bobby Cummines, chief executive of Unlock, the association of ex-offenders, said this was making jails a "university of crime", not learning. Older guards in particular maintained this "macho" culture, he told the Commons education and skills committee. The prison population is 74,000, of whom 48% are thought to be illiterate. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3761018.stm
Prison learning 'hampered by macho officers'
The Guardian October 20, 2004
The "macho" attitude of old-school prison officers stops inmates from learning basic skills and locks them into a life of crime, MPs were told today. The Commons education and skills committee, which is investigating prison education, heard that nearly half of all prisoners cannot read. And the "bang 'em up and bash 'em" approach of many prison officers was holding inmates back, said Bobby Cummines, the chief executive of Unlock, the national association of ex-offenders. "There's some prison officers who see education as a threat because there are more prisoners who can write complaints," he said.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/further/story/0,,1331722,00.html
Posted by Emma at October 23, 2004 06:18 PM
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