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Prisoners 'need better education'

PUBLISHED March 31, 2005
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Education for prisoners in England must be improved if they are to be prevented from re-offending, MPs have said.

A Commons education select committee report found that half of inmates lacked the skills needed for 96% of jobs available upon their release.
Only a third had access to formal education, lasting on average nine hours a week.

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