The education select committee is making the right noises around prison education, but these recommendations are important, writes Peter Cox
Since Robert Halfon became skills minister back in 2016, “ladder of opportunity” has become his catchphrase.
It even makes an appearance in the title of the committee’s report on prison education published on Tuesday. The phrase represents the importance of offering individuals a means of improving their lives through education.
Nowhere is this more important than in prisons. All too often, prisoners find themselves at the bottom of the ladder, with many having endured a poor or limited prior experience of education.
