HMP Oakwood works with Manchester College, Weston College and other providers, to offering a wide range of education and training opportunities. All prisoners receive Information and guidance linked to their personal circumstances and ability levels. Small groups are provided for those who may be experiencing difficulties, however overall a wide range of educational opportunities includes course from entry level to degree support
Vocational training is available the workshops including bricklaying, plumbing, painting and decoration and electrical skills. Barbering, carpentry, engineering, welding, horticulture, animal husbandry, hard landscaping, recycling, catering are courses offered along with gym related qualifications.
Heya.
In order to start off with, this is amazing. I had no clue that prisons offered so much. I thought literally that the prisons were full of violent men and women. I was not far off. Category A prisons are wholly unsafe no matter how much anyone tries to improve things. While this is still true to a high extent, I have now recently learned that there are a few low level prisons that challenge that idea. Kudos to them. Best wishes. Keep up the good work always.
I feel that all the low level prisons don’t do enough. We need to stop crime from occurring in the first place. The education options could be improved at high risk facilities as well. Category C facilities might even try some of the ideas that were mentioned in this comment in question.
For example at Sudbury, there is actually very few options for learning useful skills. One classic option is to have a really useful club and a pudding club once a week. In all low level prisons you could also host fun reading and baking lessons on top of that. Other such ideas include a weekly table tennis club and a friendly lacrosse group in addition. More ideas that could work are a improvement society at low level prisons only.
Another activity is to teach thinking skills to low risk people. With low risk prisoners since they are defined as low risk, use other techniques. I’m not sure if armed guards need to be there at a low security facility.
Good evening, I am reading that your house have much possibilities to participate as a student or learing something. In reality like yesterday 30.10.2022 you leave prisoners all day in closed room – is this reality or not?!
Kind regards