What I’ve learned teaching Britain’s inmates

This first-person piece offers a rare insight into life inside Britain’s prisons through the experiences of someone delivering education to inmates. Drawing on years of work in prison learning programmes, the article challenges common assumptions about prisoners and explores the barriers many face, including poor educational attainment, digital exclusion and limited opportunities. At its heart, the piece argues that education provides more than skills alone, it can offer hope, purpose and a pathway to successful reintegration, while raising wider questions about how society approaches rehabilitation and reoffending.

What I’ve learned teaching Britain’s inmates