The council took over from individual prisons in six of the nine English regions on Monday (31 July). It has been responsible for commissioning education in three development regions since August last year.
By using regional education providers, the council hopes its Offender Learning and Skills Service will be able to ensure a more consistent approach to education. Offenders will be given individual learning plans, which they will be able to carry with them as they move within the prison estate, or back into the community.
Sue O'Hara, head of offender learning at the service, said this would bring benefits for young offenders and juveniles. "Because there are fewer young offender institutions in the country, often young people are based much further from home, so they might need more work to integrate them back into their community," she said.
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