Video interviews with key prison staff

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V1a. How do you convince the funders of the prison service that money on education and training for prisions is well spent?
V1b. What do you see as an appropiate balance between formal vocational education and other accredited skills on the one hand and non-accredited personal development on the other?
V1c. How do you balance the prison's neeed to maintain security with the provision of an education service that really helps prisoners not to re-offend?
V2a. What are the most important security issues for a teacher or workshop instructor to keep in mind?
V2b. One of the biggest concerns for teachers working in prisons is will they be safe, what safety measures do you have in place?
V2c. In your position as prison security, have you come across serious issues, that may effect the security and safety of the prison and the people working in it?
V3a. In what ways has education and training in it's widest sense helped prisoners on release from prison?
V3b. How can the community help the education and training process to continue after release?
V4a. What brought you into prison education?
V4b. In what ways have you seen prisoners benefit from education in prison?
V4c. What are the most important things for teachers to take into account when working in prison?
V4d. What's the best advice you can give to somebody who is thinking of working as a teacher in prison?
V5a. What brought you into prison education?
V5b. in what ways have you seen prisoners benefit from education in prison?
V5c. What are the most important things for teachers to take into account when working in prison?
V5d. How does working in education in prison differ from working in education in the community?
V5e. How do you provide for the continued professional development of teachers and instructors?
V5f. What advice would you give to teachers/instructors embarking on a career in prison education?