Western Region

The report says about education

Annet Bakker was EPEA’s chair for six year until 2021. But she is also a prison teacher in theNetherlands in the prison of Zaanstad. She teaches there fulltime (36 hrs) all subjects, sincejanuary 2019. She has a second-degree teaching qualification … Read More

I’m Ineke de Kort and in 2016 I started teaching in the Flemish prisons of Wortel and Merksplas for Ligo Kempen. I teach Dutch as a foreign language, and I do so with great pleasure. The context is not always … Read More

While prisoners thankfully no longer tarry ropes or break stones, the majority of the limited activity available in prisons lacks creativity or stimulation and is often confined to contractual specifications or outcomes. When we look at the perceived aims of … Read More

Woensdag 13 oktober – International Day of Education in PrisonWebinar “Digitalisering en educatie in detentie”= Worsteling rond kansen en bedreigingen = De maatschappij is druk doende zich aan te passen aan de 4e industriële revolutie: digitalisering. Door de corona-pandemie beweegt … Read More

Article from The Guardian by Erwin James Penal reform campaigner who founded Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners Without Eric McGraw, who has died aged 76, there would have been no Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and … Read More