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The Prison Rules 1999
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- 1999 No. 728
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- EDUCATION AND LIBRARY
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EDUCATION AND LIBRARY
Education
32.—(1) Every prisoner able to profit from the education facilities provided at a prison shall be encouraged to do so.
(2) Educational classes shall be arranged at every prison and, subject to any directions of the Secretary of State, reasonable facilities shall be afforded to prisoners who wish to do so to improve their education by training by distance learning, private study and recreational classes, in their spare time.
(3) Special attention shall be paid to the education and training of prisoners with special educational needs, and if necessary they shall be taught within the hours normally allotted to work.
(4) In the case of a prisoner of compulsory school age as defined in section 8 of the Education Act 1996(1), arrangements shall be made for his participation in education or training courses for at least 15 hours a week within the normal working week.
Library
33. A library shall be provided in every prison and, subject to any directions of the Secretary of State, every prisoner shall be allowed to have library books and to exchange them.
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