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Short literature review exploring ESOL provision in the custodial setting.
‘A Prison within a Prison’ is a short literature review by Dr Catherine Carroll, Dr Jane Hurry and Anita Wilson at the Centre for Education in the Criminal Justice System (CECJS) at the UCL Institute of Education. It was commissioned by The Bell Foundation to help inform its long term work with offenders and ex-offenders who have English as a Second Language. It looks primarily at the ESOL provision in the custodial setting.