Prison education now suspended during coronavirus crisis
25 March 2020
UCU has welcomed the move to suspend prison education as part of a wider prison lockdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) advised the Justice Select Committee on 24 March that it was moving to an exceptional delivery model, and has now confirmed to prison governors and prison education providers that all non-essential activities involving groups of people, including prison education, should be stopped with immediate effect.
UCU said it would now work with HMPPS and prison education employers to look at other ways to support prisoners' learning during the crisis, and called on employers to provide guarantees to prison education staff that they would continue to be paid.
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