The one-year programme, called Music Boost, will involve four professional musicians visiting Polmont Young Offender Institution and providing NVQ-accredited music training for young people in activities such as DJing, music production and music awareness.
One of the youth workers at the institution will also be trained as a music tutor to allow the programme to continue after its 27,000 funding runs out.
The programme is a partnership between YouthLink Scotland, community arts organisation Impact Arts and Motherwell College, which has agreed to develop accreditation.
Cerin Richardson, YouthLink's former arts development worker, who helped design the programme, said: "This will be a vital way of ensuring that the strong grounding of music activities at Polmont is sustained."
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