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28/10/2013
Report Calls For Prisoner Internet Access
A new report has called for inmates to be give internet access.
The Prison Reform Trust has suggested that giving prisoners access to the internet could help rehabilitate them, cut re-offending rates, boost education and training and help maintain family ties.
Campaigning for improved treatment and conditions for prisoners in the UK, the Prison Reform trust say that access to secure web content could serve the "purposes of rehabilitation".
More inmates should have access to secure e-mail networks, while low-risk Category D prisoners, who are eligible for release on temporary licence and can access the internet on work placements in the community, should have "enhanced access" to online resources when back in prison.
This, it argued, would make them better equipped to apply for housing support and to seek work and education opportunities upon their release.
(MH/CD)
The Prison Reform Trust has suggested that giving prisoners access to the internet could help rehabilitate them, cut re-offending rates, boost education and training and help maintain family ties.
Campaigning for improved treatment and conditions for prisoners in the UK, the Prison Reform trust say that access to secure web content could serve the "purposes of rehabilitation".
More inmates should have access to secure e-mail networks, while low-risk Category D prisoners, who are eligible for release on temporary licence and can access the internet on work placements in the community, should have "enhanced access" to online resources when back in prison.
This, it argued, would make them better equipped to apply for housing support and to seek work and education opportunities upon their release.
(MH/CD)
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