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While the programmes of UIL are established along the lines laid down by the General Conference of UNESCO, the publications of the Institute are issued under its sole responsibility. UNESCO is not responsible for their contents.  \nThe points of view, selection of facts and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily coincide with official positions of UNESCO or UIL. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO or UIL concerning the legal status of any country or territory, or its authorities, or concerning the delimitations of the frontiers of any country or territory.  \nISBn: 978-92-820-1241-3  \nDesign: Teresa Boese  \nThe Irish Prison Service holds the copyright of all photographs used in this publication, including the cover photograph.  \nArtworks:  \nThe artworks used in this publication were produced by serving or released prisoners, and appear with permission. With the exception of Eddie Cahill, we have been requested not to identify the artists, most of whom are still serving sentences. We have, however, credited the photographers, and given a brief description of how and where each work was created.  \nWe are grateful to Tom Shortt, Arts Development Officer for the Irish Prison Education Service, who sourced the works on our behalf and also took some of the photographs. His kind support and interest in the project have been much appreciated.  \nCover picture:  \nThe artwork, entitled Yellow Tree, was painted by a participant in art classes at the education unit of Midlands Prison. The artist painted on a part-time basis before serving his first prison sentence, in his fifties. Challenged and encouraged by a prison art teacher, he has, since his release, painted full-time and is building a career as an artist.  \nphoto: Eugene Langan  \nThis publication is available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) licence ( [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)bysa/3.0/igo/). By using the content of this publication, the users accept to be bound by the terms of use of the UNESCO Open Access Repository ( [http://www.unesco.org/open-access/terms-use-ccbysa-en](http://www.unesco.org/open-access/terms-use-ccbysa-en)).  \nAcknowledgements  \nMany people and institutions have been involved in producing this literature review. The project was initiated by the Director of UIL, Mr David Atchoarena, and coordinated by Programme Specialist Ms Marie Macauley.  \nWe would like to thank the author of the review, Mr Cormac Behan, who teaches criminology at the School of Languages, Law and Social Sciences, Technological University Dublin, Ireland, as well as those who supported the project, including Ms Lisa Krolak, Chief Librarian at UIL, Mr Timothy Ireland, Associate Professor, Federal University of Paraiba in Brazil, Mr Alan Smith, former Deputy/Acting Head of Unit and Coordinator of the Grundtvig Programme for Adult Learning, European Commission, and Mr Marc de Maeyer, international consultant in education.  \ntABle of ContentS  \nforeword – 9  \n1. Introduction  \n1.1. Background and rationale – 13  \n1.2. Executive summary – 17  \n2. Setting the scene  \n2.1. Introduction – 21  \n2.2. Aims and objectives – 22  \n2.3. Scope – 23  \n2.4. Methodology – 25  \n2.5. 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