Prison Project
48% of prisoners have a history of debt and 60% are financially excluded (do not have access to mainstream financial products such as bank accounts).
Money issues have been identified by the National Offender Management Service as one of the causes of re-offending and therefore access to advice and money education training are important services.
Credit Action is working in partnership with the Co-operative Group to produce and distribute basic financial education materials for use within prisons.
The materials are highly visual and are based on a short course that some of our volunteers have been delivering for almost 10 years in prisons in East Yorkshire.
