Young women’s education in prison

23 July 2024

Young women’s education in prison

Women, Young adults

Open report

This report from Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) demonstrates the powerful role education plays for young women in prison and on release.

Publisher: Prisoners’ Education Trust
Author: Katy Swaine Williams

prison, young adults

Raise the Bars: Co-producing practice guidance with Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller people

This Friends, Families and Travellers report summarises focus groups with 57 Romany, Gypsy and Irish Traveller young adults across 20 prisons, with recommendations for reform based on their experiences.

Criminal Justice, young adults

Behind the decline

This Centre for Crime and Justice Studies report looks at the shrinking young adult population within the criminal justice system who are experiencing increasingly harsher treatment.

May 2026