England, Wales to Offer Apprenticeships and Skills Training to Prisoners

England, Wales to Offer Apprenticeships and Skills Training to Prisoners
The main entrance to HM Prison Norwich, in Knox Road, Norwich, Norfolk, on Jan. 3, 2020. Nick Ansell/PA Media
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Prisoners in England and Wales will have the opportunity to enter apprenticeships or get trained in “skills of the future,” the government has said on Friday.

Writing in The Times, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab and Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said they’re working on introducing apprenticeship programmes into prisons so offenders can turn their lives around and fill the gap in the labour market.
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