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Pilot Education for PeerSupport Workers in Prison
Pilot programme training peer support workers while they are serving time in a high-security prison, developed at Ullersmo.
Project overview
Pilot programme training peer support workers while they are serving time in a high-security prison, developed at Ullersmo.
Background
Lived experience of imprisonment and rehabilitation is a valuable professional resource. The pilot explores how education can be delivered inside prison.
Objectives
- · Deliver accredited peer support training inside prison
- · Support pathways into work and education after release
- · Document a transferable educational model
Partners
- · Norwegian correctional services
- · Ullersmo prison
KBT's role
Educational provider and model developer.
Target groups
- · Inmates
- · Correctional services
- · Welfare services
Activities
- · Teaching inside prison
- · Supervision
- · Evaluation
Results / expected results
- · A documented pilot model of interest to international partners
Timeline
Pilot started
2024