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PET works closely with the press to share positive stories about the power of education and the potential of people to change.

We can help with background, quotes and case studies, and can help arrange interviews with our members of staff as well as with people with lived experience of prison.

PET has been featured across national and local media, and also has a monthly column in the prison newspaper Inside Time.

For any media enquiries, please email press@prisonerseducation.org.uk or call 07824 189 661 on Monday to Thursday or 07968 493 098 on Friday and out of office hours.


PET in the press

The same old story on prison education, Russell Webster, 3 October

Young offenders denied legal right to education, FE Week, 2 October

Children in youth offender institutions in England denied access to education, report finds, The Guardian, 2 October

Prisons ‘lack resources’ for inmates to learn their way to liberty, FE Week, 27 September

Unlocking potential in the prison system, inTuition, 22 September

Getting prison education right, Russell Webster, 4 September

Charity calls for review of prison education, Inside Time, September

Prison Education – Every bit as difficult, challenging, rewarding and essential as you thought, Teachers Talk Radio, 16 August

Young women’s education in prison, Russell Webster, 25 July

Life after prison: Battling homelessness and unemployment, City A.M., 25 July

Letter: Prison education is key to cutting costs and offences, The Financial Times, 19 July

Letter: Prison edu­ca­tion should focus more on beha­viour, The Financial Times, 28 May

The often overlooked population within our prisons, Community Living, 4 April

Learning behind bars: the state of prison education, THE – Times Higher Education, 3 April

People with lived experience enhance prison education, Russell Webster, 2 April

Education is at the heart of prison reform, The Guardian, 21 March

Prison Education unlocked: The system that’s failing its learners, FE Week, 27 February

Who’s Moving – announcing PET’s new Chair, Civil Society, 19 February

What works in prison education?, Russell Webster, 13 February

Movers and Shakers: Edition 451 – announcing PET’s new Chair, FE Week, 12 February

Apprenticeships: ‘Ground-breaking’ prison pilot flops, FE Week, 26 January

Five free initiatives to get jobseekers back to work, The Sun, 15 December

Open Study College partners with Prisoners’ Education Trust to make learning accessible for all, FE News, 7 December

How Prisoners Education Trust is offering a vital second chance in Yorkshire: Alan Billings, Yorkshire Post, 5 December

Sixth form and FE college quality hits new highFE Week, 25 November

Bristol dad using TikTok to deter others from crime and addiction after 22 years in prison, Bristol Live, 17 November

Prison education: Ministers to tackle ‘disastrously overlooked’ issue of prisoners with SEND, FE Week, 30 September

Government announces UK’s first net-zero ‘smart prison’MailOnline, 16 August

Prison education: undervalued and under-resourced, Independent Monitor, July

We give imprisoned people laptops to close the digital skills gap, MinuteHack, 19 July

The Government Must Take Immediate Action On Prison EducationRussell Webster, 6 June

CEO Jon Collins interviewed about about the need for funding for prison education, Good Morning Britain, 31 May

CEO Jon Collins interviewed about the importance of prison education, Talk TV, 21 May

MPs call for 10 year investment for ‘clunky, chaotic’ prison educationThe Justice Gap, 19 May

‘Chaotic’ prison education system in need of overhaul, FE News, 17 May

MPs call for overhaul of prisoner education assessments and in-cell laptops for learning, FE Week, 17 May

Moving Prison Education Up The Agenda, Russell Webster, 8 April

Movers and Shakers: Edition 384 – announcing PET’s new trustees, FE Week, 28 March

Here are 5 ways ministers can improve prison education now, FE Week, 26 March

Inspectors find ‘enormous and enduring’ failures in prison education, FE Week, 22 March

Movers and Shakers: Edition 383 – announcing PET’s new trustees, FE Week, 21 March

Who’s Moving – announcing PET’s new trusteesCivil Society News, 21 March

Cooking, cushion covers and coffee roasting: A different sort of prison education, New Statesman, 11 February

Inescapable truths about our outdated prisons – a letter from PET CEO Jon Collins, The Guardian, 12 August

Access to education in prisons should be prioritised as restrictions ease, charity says, Left Foot Forward, 4 June

Give prisoners laptops and tablets in their cells to access education, ministers told, iNews, 20 April.

Jon Collins: Standing up for prisoners’ right to learn, Tes, 16 April.

Call to give every prisoner access to digital learning, Tes, 16 April.

How prison education changed in lockdown, Tes, 1 April.

Distance learning courses reduce reoffending, Inside Time, 25 January.

Who’s Moving: Anthony Nolan, Teenage Cancer Trust, Save the Children, and more – announcing PET’s new CEO, Civil Society News, 25 January.

Movers and Shakers: Edition 340 – announcing PET’s new CEO, FE Week, 25 January.

Prison Education Is About More Than Finding Work, Russell Webster, 22 January.

Give prisoners internet access to cut reoffending, says report, E&T, 18 January.

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