Learning to Read in Prison

More than half of new prisoners only have primary school reading age ability. Pank Sethi became a literacy mentor for the Shannon Trust while serving a prison sentence in 2017, teaching reading and writing skills to fellow prisoners using their Turning Pages manuals.
The Shannon Trust partnered with the Yalla Cooperative, a group of web designers and developers co-founded by Joe Friel, to create a digital version of their training courses so that prisoners could continue their learning and mentoring once they leave prison.
Equipping prisoners with the skills to read and write can help break the cycle of re-offending when they leave prison.
The app launches this month as part of a £20 million funding drive towards tech solutions to help reduce re-offending and benefit society as a whole.
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