How Jack Reacher books are improving prison literacy | Novus - Foundations for Change
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“Anyone who has read my books knows I’m not a softie.” 📚 Approximately two thirds of prisoners enter with reading levels below GCSE standards. Improving literacy helps offenders to turn their backs on crime for good after release, for example by helping with important life skills such as applying for jobs. The Prison Reading Laureate is an initiative that aims to reduce reoffending by improving offenders’ reading and writing skills while in prison. Lee Child, Author of the Jack Reacher books, w
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“Anyone who has read my books knows I’m not a softie.” 📚 Approximately two thirds of prisoners enter with reading levels below GCSE standards. Improving literacy helps offenders to turn their backs on crime for good after release, for example by helping with important life skills such as applying for jobs. The Prison Reading Laureate is an initiative that aims to reduce reoffending by improving offenders’ reading and writing skills while in prison. Lee Child, Author of the Jack Reacher books, w
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5 News has been given exclusive access into a prison to find out how helping inmates to read could also help cut crime. Ministry of Justice figures show that more than half of adult prisoners in England and Wales have literacy levels below those expected of an 11-year-old, holding them back from charting the path towards a crime-free life. As part of our series 'No Words: Limited by Literacy', Chief Correspondent Tessa Chapman visited Hatfield open prison to find out more. #prison #literacy #rea
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5 News has been given exclusive access into a prison to find out how helping inmates to read could also help cut crime. Ministry of Justice figures show that more than half of adult prisoners in England and Wales have literacy levels below those expected of an 11-year-old, holding them back from charting the path towards a crime-free life. As part of our series 'No Words: Limited by Literacy', Chief Correspondent Tessa Chapman visited Hatfield open prison to find out more. #prison #literacy #rea
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📚 Changing lives through learning. More than half of new prisoners only have primary school reading age ability. Equipping them with the skills to read and write can help break the cycle of re-offending when they leave prison. This is why we've invested towards innovative solutions like the new Turning Pages app from The Shannon Trust and Yalla Cooperative, giving offenders who have left prison the ability to improve their literacy with additional help from trained mentors – filling a skills ga
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"Reading changes me." 📚 Punishment that works supports rehabilitation and prevents reoffending. This is how we can cut crime and keep communities safe. Author of the Jack Reacher books Lee Child runs a Prison Literacy Project in HMP Doncaster, which operated by Serco. Minister Richards visited the programme, which is aimed at improving offenders’ reading and writing skills. With approximately 70% of prisoners entering with reading levels below GCSE standards, improved literacy supports life ski
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