01 May 2019
We’re in a culture where you keep emotions inside – the course gave me a chance to express myself.”
In 2017, an Inside Out partnership began between learners in HMP Swaleside and Criminology students from the University of Kent. The students studied ‘Issues in Criminal Justice’ over ten weeks, learning together in seminar groups in the prison. Participants were awarded credits from the University. In the second year, former inside students supported their peers in teaching assistant roles.
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