Go to prison, retrain, come out and thrive.

I’m all for rehabilitation of offenders. It makes sense to give them a skill that can be of use to society and help to prevent them reoffending. HMP Wandsworth seems to hit the mark by offering inmates the chance to train for a career in technology. The prison already offers courses in industrial cleaning, bricklaying, carpentry, tailoring, electrical, painting and decorating, and plumbing plus educational services.

The latest offerings will see convicts being offered the chance to train in data cabling and network installation. Interestingly, the courses are provided under a PPP scheme which involves companies such Cisco and Panduit - who specialise in…network cabling!

A shortfall of 61,000 trained workers exists in the data cabling market which means the potential for employees and employers alike is huge

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