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Francesca Cooney

@francesca_pet

Head of Policy @PrisonersEd

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linkhttps://www.prisonerseducation.org.uk/ calendar_today07-09-2018 09:17:11

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Dr Anthony Gunter Prisoners' Education Trust event #Lammy3years on - white communities are policed with consent, black communities are not. We have to be honest and start from scratch.

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#rorystewartonprisons speaking at Spark Inside says the fact that prisoners are not able to go online is extraordinary. Failure to implement digital is failure of successive gvmts.

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#RoryStewartonprisons speaking at Spark Inside we need to build the argument that better prison conditions and fewer prisoners will keep the public safer....

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#RoryStewartonprisons Spark Inside making case for voluntary sector coordinators working in prison- there are 15000 charities with prison in their job title!

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#RoryStewartonprisons Spark Inside 'We need a well resourced, self confident prison service with strong identity, culture, values and leadership.' Agreed!

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Challenge for Prisons Minister is communicating to public that while crime is devastating, many prisoners have also had very difficult lives says #RoryStewartonprisons talking to Spark Inside

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Without immediate action to reinstate education in prisons, people will return to their communities “deskilled, disillusioned and discouraged”, says Prisoners' Education Trust Head of Policy, Francesca Cooney . prisonerseducation.org.uk/2020/10/pet-ca…

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Really delighted to be speaking to the inimitable Sara Lee from Irene Taylor Trust this afternoon. A chance to see and hear some music and get into the Christmas spirit!

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We ask you to retweet and share the following. The PGA continue to call upon government to make the brave decision to give priority for prison workers and prisoners for C19 vaccinations. We are going through some of our darkest times, vaccines are the light at the tunnel end 1/2

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"Another long-standing issue brought back into focus by the Covid-19 crisis is the unequal treatment of ethnic minorities in the prison system." A distressing new report from Zahid Mubarek Trust, with crucial recommendations for HMPPS to build a fair system. thezmt.org/2021/03/31/a-r…

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Fascinating Prisoner Learning Alliance webinar coming up on Wednesday - an insight into prison officer training programmes, led by two experts who develop & teach them. Get your ticket here 👇prisonerlearningalliance.org.uk/event/wednesda…

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Education is key to rehabilitation - but rarely gets the resource and attention needed in prisons - this is an important opportunity for scrutiny and, hopefully, reform!

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‘Trauma, Learning and Prisons’ 📚 Just 1 week to go to our panel discussion (part of the PLA Conference) at 6PM on Wednesday 29 September, with prison education and trauma experts. One Small Thing Matthew Morgan Marc Conway Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/prisoner-lea…

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Lots of sensible recommendations in this - including support for secure in-cell tech so prisoners can study. Gvmt being asked to come up with plan for this in next year....

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Our new Turning Pages Digital app is now live! We have been working in partnership with Yalla Cooperative to digitise our Turning Pages reading manuals, following our successful win in the Prison Leavers Innovation Challenge: gov.uk/government/new…