Much is made of the potential of prison education to impart knowledge and skills and transform life chances. Prison education is tasked with delivering qualifications and effecting recidivism. In assessing current arrangements for the delivery of prison education and reviews and evaluations of its impact on recidivism in England and Wales, this article argues that prison education should be an inclusive activity. Specifically, prison education should focus less on individual development and more on whole class ‘domains,’ in particular, knowledge of (re)integration. Research, policy, and practice on civic/citizenship education provide models in this regard.

监狱教育在传授知识和技能以及改变生活机会方面的潜力得到了很大的体现。监狱教育的任务是提供资格和影响累犯。在评估当前提供监狱教育的安排以及审查和评估其对英格兰和威尔士累犯的影响时，本文认为监狱教育应该是一项包容性活动。具体而言，监狱教育应该较少关注个人发展，而应更多关注整个班级的“领域”，特别是（重新）整合的知识。公民/公民教育的研究、政策和实践提供了这方面的模式。