A training programme to get prison leavers into work is to be expanded to include at least 17 more prisons in the next four years.
The government has launched a tender for contracts up to £1 million to bolster its ties with employers to deliver HMP Academies in prisons.
HMP Academies are work programmes delivered by employers to provide specialist or vocational training to prisoners with the aim of bolstering employment prospects on release.
A small number of the programmes are already running with employers such as Timpson, Halfords and Max Spiellman.
