DfES, Offenders' Learning and Skills Unit:
"Without the essential underpinning skills of literacy, language and numeracy, offenders are much less likely to gain the skills and qualifications they need to get and hold down a job, play a positive role in society and most importantly break the cycle of re offending."
On 31st March 2005 the Education and Skills Committee reviewed Prison Education and made a number of recommendations.
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