Prisoners' Education Trust (PET) is a charity providing support for prisoners in England and Wales to access education. PET does this through a grants programme called Access to Learning[1] which assists approximately 2,000 prisoners each year to study distance learning courses in subjects and at levels not available in prison. The organization also provides advice and support to prisoners enabling them to choose the most appropriate and useful course for their needs and ambitions. In 2014, PET enabled access to almost 2,000 distance learning courses in over 400 different subjects and levels.
Alongside this work PET has a policy team dedicated to championing prisoner learners and good practice in prison education. As part of this work PET founded the Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA) in November 2012. The PLA aims 'to bring together diverse non-statutory stakeholders with senior cross-departmental officials to provide expertise and strategic vision to inform future priorities, policies and practices relating to prison education, learning and skills.'[2]
Prisoners' Education Trust is a registered charity based in London, England.
Find out more: http://www.prisonerseducation.org.uk/
The current Chief Executive is Rod Clark.
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