How and to what extent can digital technology in prisons assist staff and our understanding of the needs of our workforce?

Background

We want to provide decent, safe and secure accommodation that supports individuals in their rehabilitation. We want to reduce levels of violence and self-harm and develop the evidence on what structures and interventions can help improve outcomes for individuals in prison.

Next steps

We can be contacted at the following email address: evidence_partnerships@justice.gov.uk.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Areas of research interest

Related UKRI funded projects


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    Lead research organisation: CORACLE ONLINE LIMITED

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project provides in-cell digital education for prisoners, addressing the question of how digital technology in prisons can assist staff and understand the needs of the workforce.

  • Supporting functional skills for prisoners using secure laptops in cell

    Coracle is delighted to have been awarded an Inclusive Innovation Grant from Innovate UK. The grant will allow us to further develop our in cell laptops technology to support learners in improving their basic numeracy an...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: CORACLE ONLINE LIMITED

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project is relevant as it uses digital technology to improve prisoners' literacy and numeracy skills, which indirectly assists staff and contributes to understanding the needs of the prison population.

  • Design tools for healthy prison environments

    Matter Architecture is leading a project to develop a set of design tools for improving rehabilitation through the architecture of prison environments. Together with Space Works we are connecting evidence from the field ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: MATTER ARCHITECTURE LTD

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on the design of prison environments to improve rehabilitation outcomes, which is not directly related to the question.