The correlation between imprisonment and poor literacy is strong. While correlation is not cause, there is no doubt that poor literacy increases the chances of incarceration, and that it makes it much harder for prison to have a positive impact. In this episode, you’ll hear experts describe the links between poor literacy and imprisonment, the challenges of the prison environment for improving literacy skills, and what it will take to make things better.

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Inside the Reading Gap is a Thinking Reading and Made by DBM co-production

Written and created by James and Dianne Murphy

Narrator: Emilie Carrington

Editing, audio production, script supervision: Rob Birnie at Made by DBM https://madebydbm.com/podcasts

Additional interviews: Alice Ball and Emilie Carrington

Administrative assistance: Charlene Johnstone