“It is important therefore that the prison regime, in particular education, health and social care and rehabilitation, takes this into consideration.”
Skills Minister Phil Hope welcomed the research, saying the Government had set in motion major reforms in education for prisoners.
He added: “The new Offenders Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) is in place and requires learning providers to assess the individual, additional learning needs of offenders, introduce effective and comprehensive inclusive learning strategies and put in place additional learning support.
“The offender’s learning journey documents set out requirements for delivering quality provision.
“Learning providers now ensure that teachers and trainers have access to in-service training to keep their learning difficulties and disabilities practice up to date and make sure that at least one member of staff has a specialist learning difficulties and disabilities teaching qualification.
“These conditions must be identified early and processes put in place to support those who may face problems.”
