THE SITUATION OF EDUCATION IN PRISONS IN SPAIN

1. THE SITUATION OF EDUCATION IN PRISONS IN SPAIN Organization and functioning of the criminal execution services in Catalonia (329/2006, 5th of September)

2. Objectives of education services • Guarantee the access to all the detained people, formal and non-formal • Accordance with the laws in force in adult education to obtain relevant qualifications • Access to the lessons by level of education and special needs • Consider the education of children who live with their mothers in penitentiaries

3. Professional training for employment • The teaching of specific vocational training will be promote according to the social and economic environment of each centre • CIRE (Centre for Reintegration Initiatives) facilitates practical training credits through agreements with companies • CIRE develops projects and social assurance programs that promote employment

4. Obligations of the Department of Justice • The ownership of correctional facilities is the Justice Department, in consequence: • They have to provide spaces for the teaching task • They have to do with its own staff and economical resources the management of cultural, sports and occupational activities • SCHOOL IS A PRIORITY

5. Obligations to provide educational service • It has to be given in an adequate slot attending on particularities of the centres • It has to be organized according on general internal organization of the centres

6. Responsibilities of teachers • The control and safety standards which are required by the law must be always followed by teachers

7. Schools and educational units • Depending on the quantity of inmates and their educational needs, in each prison will be provided schools or educational units • Schools must follow the rules of adult education in all aspects

8. Specificities of educational service in prisons • New students must be accepted throughout the school year, so their incorporation is always facilitated • In case of transfer to another prison, academic records must be submitted completely to the target centre

9. Data communications • Both Justice and Education Department can establish the mechanisms they think as necessaries in aim of coordination and control in activities • To improve coordination between board of prison direction and school, there will be a member representative of each one in their councils

10. CFA Artur Martorell • The school is inside C.P. Brians 1 • We are a group of 21 teachers • The direction team is composed by: • Director • Chief of studies • Secretary And we look like...

11. And here we are!!!

12. Our available space • We have an office, not as big as we dream, but... • And almost one room in each module where we teach

13. For some extra activities... • ...We dispose of the theatre for visits, conferences, etc • ...We can go to the Main Street which is something usual in festivities

14. EDUCATION LEVELS • Instrumental Training: 3 levels to develop basic literacy and basic environmental knowledge • Languages: • Initial courses of Catalan, Spanish and English • Basic course of Catalan and Spanish • Initial computer course • Secondary distance learning through IOC • Universities: UAB, UNED

15. Basic achievements Our students are adults and therefore they are truly experienced in life. We use their previous knowledge to build a functional teaching – learning process Taking into account the individual's personal baggage we realize that our school is plural and inclusive, of all the diversity that constitutes inmates in Brians 1 or students in CFA Artur Martorell

16. The end of the course arrives, and this is what we are preparing now...