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Promoting healthier lifestyles for prisonersHow can I persuade them to prepare for life outside prison?Roughly half of all prisoners were excluded fromschool, half have no educational qualifications,and more than a third lack basic literacy skills. Butit is never too late to learn. Acquiring new skills– and basic level vocational qualifications – booststhe ego and may be a stepping stone to beingresponsible citizens when they leave prison.Vocational qualifications are quite different fromacademic ones, involving much more “hands on”training. Once they’ve started developing skills,prisoners may well develop an interest in gettingbetter and better.Catering courses on offer in some prisons include:basic food hygiene, catering and hospitality,food preparation, budget cooking, diet andnutrition, healthy eating, international cooking and“nutritious but delicious”.PE courses may, include: Gym and Fitnessinstructors, Health Trainer, Diet & Nutrition, HealthyLiving, NVQs in Sport and Recreation, First Aid atWork and other awards.30
How can I persuade them to prepare for life outside prison?Did you know?> Providing education and training, to give offendersthe skills they will need to stand a realistic chanceof employment on release, is a key strand ofGovernment policy to reducing offending.> Prison kitchens provide employment to nearly 2,300prisoners at a cost in wages of £1.7 million annually,but it would cost prisons much more if they had touse prison officers, even after taking account of thecosts of managing and educating prisoners.> Of the 45 prisons which responded to our survey:l 23 offered catering courses;l most were Level 1 training;l 8 offered Level 2 training; andl 3 offered Level 4.
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