MP support for prison education safety campaign

This week Coventry MP Zarah Sultana supported our campaign for safety for prison education staff by raising the issue of unnecessary on site working during the pandemic. You can watch her calling on ministers to 'stop this reckless practice' below.

Teachers still "have to go into #prisons to print worksheets, deliver them to cells, pick them up from cells and then mark them on site" @zarahsultana tells MPs, asking ministers to "stop this reckless practice" - SoS says marking at home "poses a security risk" @ucu @ucuprisoned pic.twitter.com/2yuNIBOXgT

— Justice Unions Parliamentary Group (@JusticeUnions) February 2, 2021

Meanwhile UCU has written to the Ministry of Justice to raise ongoing concerns about the treatment of prison education staff working for Novus, England and Wales' biggest prison education provider.