An Evaluation of the Prison Radio Association’s Activity Final Report Year 1 The West Midlands Prison Radio Taster Project

WILKINSON, Katherine and DAVIDSON, Joanna (2008). An Evaluation of the Prison Radio Association’s Activity Final Report Year 1 The West Midlands Prison Radio Taster Project. Project Report. Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield Hallam University.

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Abstract

The Prison Radio Association (PRA) was set up in 2005 and achieved charitable status in 2006. The PRA continues to contribute to the reduction of re-offending by capitalising on the opportunity prison provides to stop people offending for good. The Association is committed to the ways in which prison radio can provide a unique and innovative way to engage offenders (regardless of age, ethnic origin, gender or faith) in education; particularly those hard to reach offenders disenfranchised by the educational system. The PRA currently works with over 40 prisons across England and Wales. In 2007, the Prison Radio Association and partners1 developed a two week taster course in radio production for delivery in six prisons across the West Midlands, entitled: the West Midlands Prison Radio Taster Project2. The objectives of this project were firstly, overall project delivery, which consisted of the recruitment of a radio trainer, developing a radio training course which embeds basic skills and the delivery of the taster courses in six prisons. The wider objectives concerned raising awareness of the potential of radio training to embed basic skills and to examine sustainability within prison service education. The findings of the external evaluation conducted by the Hallam Centre for Community Justice are presented in this report.

Item Type: Monograph (Project Report)
Additional Information: Katherine Albertson nee Wilkinson
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Hallam Centre for Community Justice
Depositing User: Helen Garner
Date Deposited: 22 May 2013 10:01
Last Modified: 12 May 2021 19:06
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7051

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