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Prison education scheme 'failed' - Newsroom - 30-10-2008 Schemes to improve prisoners' skills and qualifications in English jails have "failed in almost every respect", MPs say. More... Prison education scheme 'failed' - John Nicholson - 31-10-2008 ‘48% of the prison population have a reading ability below that expected of an 11 year old’ Prison Reform Trust 2008 Shannon Trust runs the Toe by Toe Reading Plan, an award-winning peer mentoring programme which encourages and supports prisoners who can read to give one-to-one tuition to prisoners who struggle to read. In 2007, we provided resources to teach over five thousand new learners in prison. “…the single best thing introduced into prisons in the last ten years” Stephen Shaw Prisons and Probation Service Ombudsman (2007) 38 Ebury Street London SW1W 0LU T: 020 7730 4917 E: enquiries@shannontrust.org.uk ©Shannon Trust 2008 Company Registration No. 5906258 Registered Charity 1117249 --- http://www.shannontrust.org.uk/