Speaking at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke announced a major expansion of prison industries to get prisoners working, with revenue raised used to support victims' funds.
Clarke said the plan would help address re-offending by getting offenders used to working hard and the opportunity to learn a trade.
This will be done by making it easier for prison governors to bring private companies into jail to run businesses employing prisoners in jobs.
During the speech Ken Clarke did not refer to young offenders and Andrew Neilson, assistant director at the Howard League for Penal Reform, said the policy is unlikely to extend to young offender institutions.
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