Influencing the government’s prisons agenda
PET has been busier than ever this year responding to opportunities to influence the direction of prison education policy.
We feature the latest news about our work and share views from our staff and other prison education experts.
Thank you for helping people in prison find hope in 2024
PET’s Head of Fundraising and External Affairs reflects on how, with your help, we have supported people in prison to find hope this year.
Women in Prison Summit: visualising a different future
Exploring the links between PET’s research on young women’s education in prison and the Summit on Ending the Criminalisation of Women.
“We should all be given a chance”: Young women’s education in prison
The author of PET’s new report looks at how we can address system failures that are stopping young women accessing education in prison.
Prison education: three priorities for the new government
What are the three most immediate priorities on prison education for the new Justice Secretary and Prisons Minister?
The barriers to studying in prison: what PET learners told us
Lived Experience Consultants Will and Erika Flowers look at the challenges learners in prison face and what helps them complete their courses.
35 years of helping learners make a fresh start
Prisoners’ Education Trust turned 35 this year, having been founded in April 1989. Our CEO reflects on what we have achieved since then.
People with lived experience enhance prison education
One of PET’s six new Lived Experience Consultants talks about his experience helping the charity reach more people in prison.
Prison education works: a review of the evidence
In a new Clinks Evidence Library review, PET CEO Jon Collins takes a look at the evidence on the impact of prison education.
Big Give appeal raises over £46,000
PET’s Head of Fundraising and External Affairs takes a look back at the impact you’ve helped us make for people in prison this year.