Education in Western Australian Prisons
education in Western Australian prisons
Team: Tara Innes (Team Leader), Kilkenny Ong, Joel Burren, Ashton Godfrey and Ethan Nicolas.
Partner Organisation: Prison Justice Reform WA
Project Supervisor: Roz Walker (Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow) of the Prison Justice Reform WA network.
Project Mentor: Angie Gimisis (Special Counsel) and Isabella Jackson (Lawyer) of Hall & Wilcox.
Aim: The project aims to produce a report analysing the various grounds for increasing education support in prisons by reference to a comparison of the current educational framework in WA prisons. The Project Team will simultaneously explore how digital access in prison can be improved.
Purpose: The project’s purpose is to provide an academic evidence base of the benefits of ensuring educational opportunities for life and long-term incarcerated individuals in WA to present to key stakeholders.
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