This article explores how apprenticeships are becoming an increasingly important pathway for prisoner rehabilitation and employment. Published during National Apprenticeship Week, it examines how recent legal changes have opened apprenticeship opportunities to prisoners for the first time, creating new routes into skilled work and helping to address both labour shortages and reoffending. Through insights from industry and prison education leaders, the piece highlights the potential of training and employment to support successful reintegration into society and give individuals a genuine fresh start after custody.
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