Fact Sheet 7 – Education in prison

74% of women and 75% of men in prison left school with no qualifications with
approximately one-quarter later completing Job Skills courses. (Prison Census 1997).
More women (80%) than men (45%) enrol in prison programmes. (Prison Census 1997)
Of the total 4786 sentenced prisoners held in custody on 26 February 1999, the table below indicates that overall only [...]