Forum On Prisoner Education
The Forum on Prisoner Education was a UK registered charity founded in 2000 to Political campaign, campaign to improve prison education in England and Wales. Its founding members included Professor David Wilson (criminologist), David Wilson, and a manager of education at HMP Wandsworth in London. Funding from the Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust was granted in 2003 and this enabled the appointment of a coordinator to build up the work of the forum. This funding was extended and further funding was given by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation in 2004. Patrons of the forum included Lord Woolf and Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley. The forum led campaigns on a range of issues, including pay for prisoners and tutors working in prison education. It published a number of briefing papers, reports and books, including a report calling for the Internet to be made available in prisons. The forum was instrumental in the creation of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Learning & Skills in the Crimin ...
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