Promoting healthier lifestyles for prisoners - National Audit Office

Inspiring exercise – it’s not all about weight training!Fit 4 Life at Morton Hallhas proved a great hit.We’d originally seen it asbeing a way of gettingolder prisoners more active– but it’s popular with allages and fitness levels,especially in the eveningsand at weekends.Following a survey of Blakenhurst prisoners in 2005,we developed the PE programme to include morevaried and diverse activities. “Introduction to Sport”was introduced specifically to attract prisoners whodon’t usually get involved. They focused on socialdevelopment for the less confident individuals,and they’ve been well-attended. A large numberprogressed to additional recreational or educationalclasses. Overall, participation in PE has increased from42 per cent in 2005 to 55 per cent in 2007.